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The settlement also resolves allegations that from January 2008 through December 2012, Colleran and Parker solicited and received kickbacks to refer patients from skilled nursing facilities managed by PSI or BCFL to Amber Home Care LLC, a home health care services provider.
Provider Services, now known as Foundations Health Solutions, and its CEO Brian Colleran, were part of a separate $19 million whistleblower settlement earlier this year in southern Ohio.
The suit claims that the companies routinely assigned residents to more costly therapy services, regardless of care and resources, solely to obtain higher levels of Medicare reimbursements.
Provider Services, Inc., n/k/a BCFL Holdings, Inc., et. al., Case No. 1:11-CV-217, and United States ex rel. Bourne and Goodwin v. Brian Colleran, et. al., Case No. 1:12-CV-935. The claims resolved by today’s settlement are allegations only, as there has been no determination of liability.
At all relevant times, Brian Colleran ("Colleran") was the key owner/president of Provider, FHS, Tridia, and Destiny (id. at ¶ 18); Robert Speelman ("Speelman") was the key owner/president of Atlas (id. at ¶ 20); and Daniel Parker ("Parker") was an officer/director at FHS (id. at ¶ 21).
The allegations arose from lawsuits that claimed Foundations Health Solutions Inc, Olympia Therapy Inc, and Tridia Hospice Care Inc, and their executives, Brian Colleran and Daniel Parker submitted false claims for medically unnecessary rehabilitation therapy and hospice services to Medicare.
Ohio based Foundations Health Solutions Inc. (FHS), Olympia Therapy Inc. (Olympia), and Tridia Hospice Care Inc. (Tridia), and their executives, Brian Colleran (Colleran) and Daniel Parker (Parker), have agreed to pay approximately $19.5 million to resolve allegations pertaining to the submission of false claims for medically unnecessary ...