Lincare Holdings controversies
Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.
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2024
Alleged long-running Medicare fraud and ventilator billing
ProPublica reported that Lincare had a decades-long history of defrauding Medicare and billed the program for ventilators it knew customers were no longer using.
2023
Repeated corporate-integrity-agreement violation
HHS again placed Lincare on its probation list for five years after another reported violation of corporate-integrity-agreement terms.
2018
Anti-kickback and deceased-patient billing allegations
Lincare was accused of violating anti-kickback laws and continuing to bill Medicare for a patient who had died. The matter was settled in court, and the company was again placed on an HHS probation list.
2006
Medicare fraud findings and corporate-integrity-agreement violation
HHS placed Lincare on a five-year probation list after findings that the company had defrauded Medicare and violated the terms of a corporate integrity agreement.