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Annaliese Impink
âWe have spent 10 years and several million dollars vigorously defending our position in these cases,â Annaliese Impink, spokeswoman for SavaSeniorCare Administrative and Consulting LLC, said in a statement Friday.
âAs stated in the settlement agreement, we believe that the allegations were unfounded. Nevertheless, the cost of continuing to litigate would have exceeded the settlement payment. We believe it is the right time to put these matters behind us as we begin to recover from the pandemic,â she added.
The claims stem from a 2015 False Claims Act complaint filed against the nursing home chain. It alleged that from October 2008 and September 2012 the operator submitted false claims for rehabilitation therapy services in a âsystemic effortâ to increase its Medicare revenues