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SUMMARY I am reporting concerns about billing at Zephyrquill Home Health LLC, a home health agency in Marrowvale. I saw Medicare claims for skilled nursing home visits that our visit logs show apparently never happened. As best I recall, it began about March 2025 and, as far as I know, it is still going on. I estimate about $792,000 is involved, and the government program affected is Medicare. WHO IS INVOLVED Company or organization: Zephyrquill Home Health LLC, a home health agency in Marrowvale. People involved: a home health agency in Marrowvale. The billing manager, Quillon Varbeck, approves the claims. WHAT HAPPENED Patients on the schedule were listed as visited on days no nurse was assigned to them. WHEN It started around March 2025 and it is still going on as of September 2026. HOW I KNOW I am a current employee of the company (job title withheld to protect my anonymity). AMOUNT Estimated amount: about $792,000. This is my own estimate and has not been verified. How the figures add up, using only my own numbers: My figures: 40 claims a month at about $1,100 each, over about 18 months. Per month: 40 x $1,100 = $44,000. Total: $44,000 x 18 = $792,000. GOVERNMENT PROGRAM OR MONEY Medicare. EVIDENCE - Copies of the visit logs and the claim summaries I was allowed to see for my job. - An email from June 2025 telling billing to submit the visits anyway. WITNESSES AND INTERNAL REPORTS I handle the claim files and the nurse visit logs myself, so I saw it firsthand. Two nurses noticed patients asking why their visits were missed. A coworker raised it with the billing manager in July 2025 and was told it was handled. ABOUT ME I wish to remain anonymous, so I have not included my name or contact details. This account reflects my own observations and estimates and has not been independently verified.

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False Claims Act (qui tam lawsuit)
The amount you describe (about $792,000) involves federal money and is large enough that the 15-30% qui tam share can dwarf a $30,000 fraud.gov award. If a company knowingly submitted false claims or invoices to the government, a qui tam suit filed under seal by an attorney can pay the whistleblower a share of the recovery. It is slower and needs a lawyer, but it is where large federal-funds cases pay most.
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Company, agency or person: Zephyrquill Home Health LLC
People involved and their roles: Quillon Varbeck, billing manager
When it happened: It started around March 2025 and it is still going on as of September 2026.
Is it still happening?: Yes
Amount involved: About $792,000 (my estimate). Basis: 40 claims a month at about $1,100 each, over about 18 months.
Government program or money involved: Medicare

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Matter: Concerns about billing at Zephyrquill Home Health LLC (as described by the whistleblower)
Subject: Zephyrquill Home Health LLC
Others named: Quillon Varbeck, billing manager
Whistleblower: Wishes to stay anonymous; Employee, billing office
Summary: The whistleblower is reporting concerns about billing at Zephyrquill Home Health LLC, a home health agency in Marrowvale. The whistleblower saw Medicare claims for skilled nursing home visits that the visit logs show apparently never happened. As best the whistleblower recalls, it began about March 2025 and, as far as they know, it is still going on.
Program affected: Medicare
Amount: About $792,000, as the whistleblower states it (not verified); consistent with their own figures ($792,000 to $792,000)
Period: ongoing, as the whistleblower describes it
Basis of knowledge: The relator works in the billing office and handles the claim files and the nurse visit logs personally, so they saw it firsthand.
Evidence described: Copies of the visit logs and the claim summaries the relator was allowed to see for…; An email from June 2025 telling billing to submit the visits anyway
Internal reports: A coworker raised it with the billing manager in July 2025 and was told it was handled.

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