Nursing Home Operator to Pay $48 Million to Resolve Allegations That Six California Facilities Billed for Unnecessary Therapy

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—November 19, 2013. The Ensign Group Inc., a skilled nursing provider based in Mission Viejo, Calif., that operates nursing homes across the western U.S. has agreed to pay $48 million to resolve allegations that it knowingly submitted to Medicare false claims for medically unnecessary rehabilitation therapy services, the Justice Department announced today.  Six of Ensign’s skilled nursing facilities in California allegedly submitted the false claims:  Atlantic Memorial Healthcare Center, located in Long Beach; Panorama…