Thomas Prose is the founder and owner of a Michigan-based “post-hospitalist” company named General Medicine P.C., which purports to specialize in the care of post-acute patients in long-term care facilities by providing skilled nursing facility program services, among other things. Since at least 2016, Prose has also had another pastime: filing qui tam actions under the False Claims Act against other long-term care companies.
Late last month, however, the chickens appear to have come home to roost, as the government filed its own FCA case against Prose himself, as well as General Medicine and numerous other entities Prose used to operate his business. The government’s complaint alleges that Prose conducted a long-running scheme to defraud Medicare through a host of fraudulent practices, including billing for unnecessary medical services, failing to provide services billed for, and submitting inflated bills for services provided.
Source:
- Bradley Arant Boult Cummings: DOJ Brings False Claims Act Suit Against Serial LTC Whistleblower
