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Originally Posted by drducat
On September 5, 2025, U.S. officials filed two objections to the proposed sale order for The Villages Health’s assets to CenterWell Senior Primary Care (Humana’s subsidiary) for $50 million. The objections focus on the language in the sale order, which the government argues is overly broad and could shield an extensive list of parties from civil or criminal liability related to the $361 million Medicare overbilling issue. Specifically, the government is concerned that the sale order might prevent it from pursuing claims against the final buyer or other parties, not only for the overbilling case but also for unrelated healthcare claims. The U.S. Attorney’s objection emphasizes that the sale should not impede ongoing investigations into the overbilling, which was self-reported by The Villages Health in December 2024 after discovering improper Medicare coding practices.
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Many of the TVH bankruptcy filings at this point are common practice by interested parties trying to preserve their interests before a bankruptcy judge issues final orders to close the bankruptcy case (including approving the TVH sale to potentially the Humana entity).
Whether the judge does anything with each of these filings by interested parties is unknown at this point.
But if the judge were to allow the U.S. Attorney to go after the buyer of TVH (e.g, Humana) in the future, it might result in the buyer backing out by withdrawing its purchase offer. That might leave TVH patients in a bad position of no one to take over. Potential buyers of TVH scared away by risk from the U.S. Attorney is not a good outcome in this case.
And that is _unlikely_ as the bankruptcy judge will be balancing outcomes.