Hospice, home health agency and owners pay $1.8M to settle Medicare fraud claim
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Joe Jancsurak
Jan 20, 2021
Two Texas men and the hospice and related home health agency that they founded — Allstate Hospice and Verge Home Care — have paid $1,847,279.36 to resolve allegations that they submitted claims to...
Biden sets sights on 60M at-home COVID-19 tests by summer’s end
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Joe Jancsurak
Feb 08, 2021
The Biden administration plans to bring more than 60 million at-home COVID-19 tests to the U.S. market by the end of the summer, according to White House adviser Tim Manning, who talked about it at a briefing...
Home healthcare professional sentenced, ordered to pay $94K in multi-million dollar fraud case
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Joe Jancsurak
Dec 14, 2020
A home healthcare industry employee involved in a multi-million dollar fraud case was sentenced Wednesday by a federal judge to four years of probation, including six months of home detention, and was...
With new model, CMS opens up home care opportunities for MCOs serving dual eligibles
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Joe Jancsurak
Dec 21, 2020
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ new model for 2021 enables Medicaid managed care organizations to allow in-home aides to promote flu vaccines, manage medical appointments and receive training...
Home Care briefs for Friday, March 26
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Joe Jancsurak
Mar 26, 2021
Home care workers in 16 cities Thursday demand Biden invest $450B in caregiving … Novus Hospice CEO pleads guilty to healthcare fraud … University of Cincinnati researchers invent telehealth...
Nashville home healthcare companies announce merger
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Joe Jancsurak
Nov 24, 2020
WholeCare and LightWay, both Nashville, TN-based home healthcare providers, are merging under the WholeCare brand, with LightWay Founder Michael Jacques serving as CEO. The newly merged company will have...
New OSHA COVID-19 inspection and whistleblower program targets home healthcare, among other providers
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Joe Jancsurak
Mar 16, 2021
Home healthcare services are part of a long list of businesses under scrutiny by the new Occupational Safety and Health Administration program.
President enacts extensions to MFP program, spousal impoverishment protections
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Joe Jancsurak
Jan 04, 2021
Medicaid extender provisions in the 2020 year-end omnibus legislation signed Dec. 28 by President Trump included positive policy updates for the Money Follows the Person demonstration and spousal impoverishment...
CMS home care initiative now includes 56 hospitals after latest additions
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Joe Jancsurak
Jan 06, 2021
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Serviceshas added five hospitals to its Acute Hospital Care at Home program, Administrator Seema Verma announced Monday in a tweet.
Home health employers may not need to compensate workers for travel time, extended shifts in some cases:...
By
Joe Jancsurak
Jan 08, 2021
Home care workers may not need to be compensated for some travel time or time they spend in clients’ homes under certain conditions, according to opinion letters issued Dec. 31 by the Department of Labor.