(Source: United States Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Kentucky) LEXINGTON - Nurses' Registry and Home Health Corporation ('Nurses' Registry') and the Estate of its former owner, the deceased Lennie House, have agreed to the entry of a judgment against them for $16,000,000 to resolve allegations of widespread healthcare fraud. This civil judgment ends an investigation and False Claims Act litigation alleging that Nurses' Registry, at the direction of Lennie House, fraudulently billed Medicare for medically unnecessary home health services, as well as services tainted by kickbacks provided by the company and House to local physicians and others who referred patients to Nurses'...
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