Genesis Healthcare Inc. has agreed to pay more than $53 million to settle whistleblower lawsuits filed across the country alleging the company and its subsidiaries submitted false claims to the government for unnecessary therapy and hospice services and provided substandard care in its nursing homes.
Officials at the Department of Justice announced the settlement with the Kennett Square, Pennsylvania-based nursing home and rehabilitation therapy company Friday morning. According to the DOJ release announcing the deal, the company settled five separate civil False Claims Act lawsuits filed across the country: One each in the Northern District of California, the Northern District of Georgia, and District of Nevada, and two in the Western District of Missouri.
