AccuCare Home Health Services
Outcome
AccuCare Home Health Services in Mesa, Arizona paid $20,000 after employing a home health aide who had been excluded from federal healthcare programs and billing those programs for her services.
Details
AccuCare Home Health Services (Mesa, AZ) — Excluded Home Health Aide Billed to Medicare (2025)
Outcome: AccuCare Home Health Services in Mesa, Arizona paid $20,000 after the OIG determined the agency employed an excluded home health aide whose services were billed to federal healthcare programs.
AccuCare Home Health Services, operating in Mesa, Arizona, employed a home health aide who had been excluded from participation in any Federal health care program. The excluded aide provided home health services to patients, and those services were billed to Medicare and/or Medicaid, violating the Civil Monetary Penalties Law.
The enforcement action was settled September 29, 2025. Federal regulations require home health agencies to screen all employees and contractors against the OIG exclusion list (LEIE) and SAM.gov at the time of hire and monthly thereafter. Billing for services rendered by excluded individuals constitutes a violation regardless of whether the agency was aware of the exclusion.
Primary Source: OIG Enforcement Record
How Crucible Prevents This
Crucible's LEIE pre-employment screening hook and monthly exclusion monitoring would detect excluded home health aides before services are rendered and billed. Automated OIG LEIE and SAM.gov cross-referencing for all staff is a core compliance control for home health agencies.
Don't let this happen to your organization. See how Crucible works.
See How Crucible Works