Nursing home chain to pay $38 million over claims of deficient care

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Nursing home chain to pay $38 million over claims of deficient care

By Brendan Pierson (Reuters) - Extendicare Health Services Inc has agreed to pay $38 million to the U.S. government and eight states to settle allegations that it billed Medicare and Medicaid for substandard nursing care and unnecessary rehabilitation therapy. The settlement is the largest paid by a nursing home chain to the government over failure to provide care, the U.S. Department of Justice said Friday. Extendicare, which operates more than 140 facilities in 11 states, denied any wrongdoing. Its parent company, Extendicare Inc, is Canadian and the U.S. head office is in Milwaukee. ...

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