Ohio Nursing Home Manager Ducks Mobile Services Kickback Suit

Jan. 18, 2019, 5:57 PM UTC

Foundations Health Solutions Inc. won’t have to answer a podiatrist’s claims that it accepted kickbacks, leading it to submit false claims for reimbursement from Medicare.

Barbara Petkovic’s False Claims Act suit can’t advance because she didn’t give specific examples of times the nursing home manager allegedly accepted free services or products from a mobile health provider in exchange for referrals, then billed Medicare for them, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio said Jan. 17.

Petkovic worked for Mobile Medical Inc., which provided services at nursing homes owned or managed by FHS. She filed this suit against ...

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