Home Health & Hospice Week

Fraud & Abuse:

FBI Raids Tennessee Home Care Provider

Plus: One codefendant pleads guilty while another pleads innocent in Boston. Many home health agencies’ worst nightmare came true for a provider in Oak Ridge, Tennessee this week. Federal Bureau of Investigation agents carried out “court-authorized activity” at the Patriot Homecare office on Sept. 14, reports WBIR-TV. The agency provides largely private duty care, but is reimbursed by Medicaid, Medicare, [...]
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