Encompass Health has agreed to pay $48 million to resolve allegations that some of its inpatient rehabilitation facilities provided inaccurate information to Medicare in order to maintain their status and to earn a higher rate of reimbursement, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.
According to the Department of Justice, beginning in 2007, in order to ensure compliance with Medicare’s rules regarding classification as an inpatient rehabilitation facility, and to increase reimbursement,…
