Home Health & Hospice Week

Hospice:

$1 Million Fraud Settlement Highlights Dangers To Hospice

Are there whistleblowers lurking in your ranks? A new announced settlement of Medicare and Medicaid fraud charges shows where you should put your hospice compliance resources. Hernando-Pasco Hospice Inc. (HPH Hospice) in Tampa, Fla., has agreed to pay $1 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by submitting false claims for hospice services to the Medicare [...]
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