Massachusetts home care company pays $1.25M for alleged Medicaid fraud
By
Joe Jancsurak
Mar 30, 2021
Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey disclosed earlier this month that her office has reached a $1.25 million settlement with Lawrence, MA-based Lifod Home Health Care LLC and its owner, Kariuki...
Senators urge Biden to pursue plans to invest in Medicaid HCBS
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Joe Jancsurak
Feb 08, 2021
Several U.S. senators encouraged the administration to fulfill its campaign pledge to invest $450 billion in Medicaid home- and community-based care. In a Friday letter to President Biden and Vice President...
Virginia’s home care workers at risk without Medicaid rate increase, lawmakers and providers say
By
Joe Jancsurak
Jan 27, 2021
A minimum wage hike might sound like a great step for home care. But unless Medicaid reimbursement rises as well, it puts home care agencies in a difficult position. That is what two Virginia state lawmakers...
Spending on HCBS continues to comprise more than half of total Medicaid LTSS outlay, CMS finds
By
Joe Jancsurak
Jan 22, 2021
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services recently released the Medicaid LTSS Annual Expenditures Report for federal fiscal years (FFY) 2017 and 2018. This report discusses the long-term services and...
New York state on the hook for $54M+ in bogus Medicaid payments
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Joe Jancsurak
Dec 15, 2020
The federal government would like the state of New York to return more than $54 million in improper Medicaid payments related to its personal care services program.
Home healthcare owner defrauds Medicaid of $1M, receives 5-year sentence
By
Joe Jancsurak
Dec 04, 2020
The owner and operator of an Atlanta-based home healthcare provider has been sentenced to more than five years in prison for defrauding the Medicaid program out of almost $1 million.
Adults who provide home care for parents gain court victory
By
Joe Jancsurak
Mar 24, 2021
A recent court ruling likely will lead to a substantial expansion in the number of homes transferred to the owners’ child caregivers in New Jersey, according to a story in The National Law Review journal.
Study: More seniors could live longer at home with the right equipment
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Joe Jancsurak
Mar 24, 2021
Many elderly Americans lack the basic self-care equipment that could enable them to live at home longer, a study by University of California San Francisco researchers found.
New York home care providers say not so fast on legislation that would raise workers’ wages
By
Joe Jancsurak
Mar 22, 2021
New state Senate legislation that would raise home care workers’ wages does not provide sufficient funding for employers to cover that increase, the Home Care Association of New York told McKnight’s...
CMS further delays start of Primary Care First-Seriously Ill Population model
By
Joe Jancsurak
Mar 17, 2021
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has disclosed another delay — but no definitive timeline — of its Primary Care First-Seriously Ill Population physician payment model, which the hospice...