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Lincare settles Medicaid investigation

January 14, 2025HME News Staff

OLYMPIA, Wash. - The Washington state Attorney General’s Office has announced that Lincare has agreed to pay $1.15 million for allegedly overbilling Medicaid for rental oxygen equipment. The state, based on an investigation by its Medicaid Fraud Control Division, alleges that Clearwater, Fla.-based Lincare, which has a billing office in Spokane Valley to manage its operations in the Pacific Northwest, knowingly billed rental fees beyond the three years allowed in more than 15 instances...

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