10-16-2015 Kansas Fiscal Intermediary Settles Case Involving Excluded Individual

On October 16, 2015, South Kansas Independent Living Resource Center, Inc. (SKIL), Kansas, entered into a $47,520.18 settlement agreement with OIG. The settlement agreement resolves allegations that SKIL employed an individual who was excluded from participating in any Federal health care program. OIG’s investigation revealed that the excluded individual, a home health aide, provided items and services to SKIL patients that were billed to Kansas Medicaid. Senior Counsel Keshia Thompson represented OIG with the assistance of Paralegal Specialist Mariel Filtz.