As a result of the settlement, Benchmark will pay $190,977.75 to the State of Tennessee and $1,625,489.25 to the United States. The United States also alleged that Benchmark submitted claims through the Medicare program for physical therapy services which did not qualify for payment or were not medically necessary. Specifically, the governments’ claim was that between 20, Benchmark submitted claims representing that it had provided therapeutic exercise for TennCare patients when medical records indicated that the patients had instead received aquatic therapy, a service subject to reimbursement restrictions.
The United States and the State of Tennessee alleged that Benchmark violated the federal False Claims Act and the Tennessee Medicaid False Claims Act by submitting claims to the TennCare program for physical therapythat were not reimbursable. Attorney Russ Dedrick announced today.īenchmark provides physical therapy services to Medicare and TennCare/Medicaid patients in East Tennessee. CHATTANOOGA, TN-Benchmark Rehabilitation Partners, LLC, doing business as Benchmark Physical Therapy, has entered into a settlement with the United States and the State of Tennessee to pay over $1.8 million resolving allegations that it improperly billed the Medicare and TennCare/Medicaid programs for physical therapy services in violation of federal and state laws and regulations, U.S.
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