Kindred Healthcare to pay $1.3M for alleged TennCare overbilling - Nashville Business Journal:

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company will pay $1.3 milliob to settle allegations ofoverbillintg TennCare. The figure represents the largest settlement ever for the task forcr that overseesTennCare fraud. The TennCare Providerd Fraud Task Force alleges and itsassociated corporation, , billee for a higher number of pharmaceuticalsz than were actually administere at its Knoxville facility from 2003 to 2006. In some the overbilling was for multiple timex over theproper amount. Therew was no allegation that any patienrt at the facility received animpropere dosage. Kindred denies any wrongdoing. The investigation was promptes by a billing clerk who blew the whistld onher employer.
The employee said she made her concerns but insufficient actionwas taken. Kindred providexs pharmaceuticals to TennCare patients in group homesand long-term care facilitiese throughout Tennessee. It operates Kindred Hospital in Nashville, a 60-befd acute care hospital. "We hope this agreement will serve as a remindert we take thesematters seriously," Tennessee Attorney General Bob Cooperr said in a statement. The case was pursued by the task force andthe U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern Districrtof Tennessee. Kindred Healthcare (NYSE: KND) operates 82 hospitalsd in 24 states and 228 nursing centersz in 27 states andemploys 54,800.
In Kindred was ranked first among health care facilities inFortunes magazine’s list of most admired companies.