Some of the alleged claims were submitted for unauthorized services, services not provided and services that were deemed so inadequate they were considered worthless.
Cornerstone Medical Center was formerly a long-term acute care facility located in Houston that operated as a long-term care hospital. Cornerstone was in the business of providing extended medical and rehabilitative care to individuals who qualified as clinically complex and possessed multiple acute and/or chronic conditions. Through its subsidiaries, CHG Holding operated specialty hospitals throughout the United States, including Cornerstone Medical Center, which is no longer in business.
In addition, Cornerstone Medical Center submitted claims for payment for services certain treating physicians allegedly rendered. However, records showed those physicians were actually out of the country and could not have performed the services. “Submitting improper claims to Medicare compromises the financial security of the program and wastes valuable taxpayer dollars,” said Acting Special Agent in Charge Korby R. Harshaw of the Department of Health and Human Services - Office of Inspector General . “We will continue to work alongside our law enforcement partners to protect the integrity of federal health care programs and to hold bad actors who exploit them accountable.