Bayada Home Health Will Pay $17 Million to Settle a Whistleblower’s False Claims Act Lawsuit
Bayada, a national home health care company based in Moorestown, agreed to pay $17 million to settle allegations of illegal kickbacks in exchange for patient referrals, U.S. Justice Department officials said Wednesday.
A whistleblower suit filed in New Jersey in 2017 alleged that three years earlier Bayada had acquired two home-health agencies in Arizona from an operator of retirement communities to induce referrals of Medicare beneficiaries for home health services at the seller’s retirement facilities nationwide.
Details of the alleged kickbacks — from early 2014 until October 2020 — were not available because the original lawsuit remained under seal Wednesday. It is sealed because of allegations against other entities, the Justice Department said.
