Home Health & Hospice Week
Mass. Crackdown On HH Fraud Yields Conviction, Sentence
A Boston home health agency owner has been sentenced to up to three years in prison after being convicted of Medicaid fraud and related charges, says Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey in a release. The AG proved in a nine-day trial that Elena Kurbatzky, owner of Harmony Home Health Care in Boston, billed MassHealth for nurses that it claimed were caring for patients at different locations at the same time, and for services that were not authorized by the patients’ physicians, sometimes forging signatures to prove the care plans were approved. Kurbatzky and employee Natan Zalyapin were indicted in the case last year (see Eli’s HCW, Vol. XXVI, No. 25). Kurbatzky was also sentenced to three years of probation after her release and up to $1.8 million in restitution, the AG notes
Home Health & Hospice Week
- OASIS:
Heed New Q&A, OASIS-D Manual Guidance On ROC Timing
CMS explains what the new HH CoPs require — and what they don’t. Home health [...] - Referrals:
Referral-Limiting Transfer Policy Hits Hospices This Fall
Plus: OIG examines HH transfer policy. Activity is up around Medicare’s proration policy for patients [...] - Fraud & Abuse:
Intermediate Sanctions, Tougher Medical Review, And More May Be Ahead
Prepare for these actions focused on GIP, nursing facility patients, and more. The OIG has [...] - Hospice:
Know Your Options When It Comes To Drug Reporting
CMS: Stick with one reporting method. The 2019 hospice payment final rule offers providers some [...] - Regulations:
Hospice PA Change Set To Take Effect Oct. 1
PA provision should improve hospice access. It may not go as far as some hospices [...] - Industry News:
Another Strike Force City Comes Online
Strike Force areas now number 10. The feds’ Medicare Strike Force model has proven so [...] - Industry News:
Heads Up, Agencies With Home Offices
Chain home health agencies and hospices should pay attention to a new cost reporting requirement [...] - Industry News:
Scammers Prey On Your Patients
Spread the word to help your patients receiving new Medicare cards: “Medicare will never call [...] - Industry News:
HHAs Pack New OASIS-D Training Sessions
If you haven’t signed up for two upcoming OASIS-D training webinars offered by the Centers [...] - Industry News:
NOE-Related Glitches Abound
Beware multiple hospice Notice of Election-related claims system glitches. Glitch #1: “Hospice notice of change [...] - Industry News:
Mass. Crackdown On HH Fraud Yields Conviction, Sentence
A Boston home health agency owner has been sentenced to up to three years in [...] - Industry News:
Court Awards $3M Judgment In NC Fraud Case
A North Carolina federal court has awarded a nearly $3 million judgement against Compassionate Home [...] - Industry News:
LTC & Rehab Hospital Chain Partners With Texas HHA
Enola, Pennsylvania-based Post Acute Medical, which provides post-acute healthcare services through 29 long-term acute care [...] - Industry News:
Equity Firm Buys AZ Hospice With Eye Toward Growth
H.I.G. Growth Partners has acquired Sage Hospice in Phoenix, Arizona, the private equity firm says [...]
