Hospice company Caris agrees to pay $8.5 million to settle False Claims Act allegations

On June 25, the Department of Justice announced that Caris Healthcare, L.P., based in Knoxville, Tennessee, had agreed to pay $8.5 million to settle allegations initially brought by a whistleblower, that the company submitted false claims, including for hospice care for patients who were not terminally ill. According to DOJ’s press release: Caris Healthcare, L.P. and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Caris Healthcare, LLC (“Caris Healthcare”), have agreed to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by knowingly submitting false claims, and knowingly retaining overpayments, for the care of patients who were ineligible for the Medicare hospice benefit because they were not terminally ill, the Department of Justice announced today.  Under the settlement agreement, Caris Healthcare, a for-profit hospice chain that operates in Tennessee, Virginia, and South Carolina, has agreed to pay $8.5 million. The settlement resolves allegations that Caris…

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