Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—August 28, 2014. The United States has partially intervened against defendants in two whistleblower lawsuits in the Federal District Court for the District of Colorado alleging Evercare Hospice and Palliative Care (Evercare) submitted false claims for the Medicare hospice benefit. Evercare is now known as Optum Palliative and Hospice Care, which provides hospice services across the United States. One of the suits names Evercare’s parent companies, including UnitedHealth Group Inc.
“The hospice benefit is…
