Whistleblower rakes in $2.3 million. Be sure to toe the line in your relationships with institutional referral sources, or you could both get in trouble. Long-term care and rehabilitation hospital … Continue Reading →
Prepare for these actions focused on GIP, nursing facility patients, and more. The OIG has issued a fraud-fighting wish list for hospices, and many of the recommendations would make life … Continue Reading →
Watchdog agency isn’t letting this recommendation go. A major home health agency burden nearly tops the latest list of fraud-fighting recommendations from the HHS Office of Inspector General. In its “2018 … Continue Reading →
Hospice coughs up $3 million for integrity agreement settlement. A whistleblower lawsuit filed by hospice physicians has cost one nonprofit Florida hospice $2.5 million — and it could have been … Continue Reading →
Feds will examine cases where one visit translates to additional thousands of dollars. Just where do you fall in relation to your peers when it comes to episodes barely exceeding … Continue Reading →
Hospice nursing supervisor admits to hastening patients’ death with overmedication. Two hospice fraud and abuse cases have widely publicized developments that may make hospices’ missions harder. Case #1: Trustbridge, the … Continue Reading →
Watchdog agency profiles Texas, Florida cases. The feds continue to paint home care with a broad fraud brush, as evidenced by the OIG’s latest Semiannual Report to Congress. “Home- and community-based … Continue Reading →
High-profile cases paint industry with fraud brush. The hospice industry continues to draw fraud-fighting attention from the feds, as shown in a recent report on the Health Care Fraud and … Continue Reading →
The industry is still living down the Dr. Jacques Roy case. Don’t expect fraud and abuse scrutiny to let up any time soon, with the HHS Office of Inspector General reporting $2.4 … Continue Reading →
