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VITAS Healthcare

Controversies

Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.

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  1. 2017

    False Claims Act settlement

    The defendants agreed to pay $75 million to resolve the federal lawsuit. The settlement resolved the allegations without an adjudicated finding that every claim at issue was false.

  2. 2013

    False Claims Act allegations involving Medicare crisis-care billing

    The U.S. Department of Justice alleged that Chemed and VITAS-related entities submitted or caused the submission of false Medicare claims for crisis-care services that were unnecessary, not provided, or inconsistent with Medicare requirements.