Olsten to pay $61 million in Medicare billing case

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The temporary office help and home health care firm, Olsten Corp., agreed to pay $6l million to settle a federal case of improper Medicare billing practices of its unit, Kimberly Home Health Care. Olsten denies it is planning to divest the unit. Kimberly contributed less than 1% of the firm's 1998 revenue. Its staffing arm contributed about 60%.

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Company says its Kimberly Home Health Care unit would plead guilty

Author: Freudenheim, Milt
Temporary Help Services, Employment Placement Agencies, Help supply services, Abstract, Employment services, Temporary employment services, Olsten Corp., OLS

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Olsten to pay $61 million in Medicare billing case

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Kimberly Home Health Care unit is just part of a broader inquiry into parent company Columbia/HCA Healthcare Corp. Olsten may consider divesting itself of Kimberly, which generates less than 1% of Olsten's revenue. On a related subject, Federal Health and Human Services Department is investigating Centennial Healthcare Corp.

Author: Freudenheim, Milt
Discipline, Medicare fraud, Olsten Kimberly QualityCare

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