Home Health & Hospice Week
CNA Praised In Fire Rescue
Hospices may be getting a black eye in the press lately, but they also get lots of positive attention.
Negative: Orlando Sentinel columnist Scott Maxwell says he feels "betrayed" by Hospice of the Comforter, which is settling a whistleblower suit with the government. Maxwell sides with the hospice’s former VP of finance, who is protesting in court the small size of the settlement amount (see Eli’s HCW, Vol. XXII, No. 37).
The proposed $3 million settlement is "what’s wrong with America. With health care. And with our justice system," Maxwell says in the newspaper editorial.
CEO Bob Wilson’s bonuses of as much as $50,000 every three months (on top of his annual base salary of $120,000), tied partly to patient counts, is "just not what I expect from a faith-based nonprofit," Maxwell adds.
"Nobody’s ever made whole in a fraud case," said Hospice of the Comforter attorney La-tour "LT" Lafferty, according to the Sentinel. "But that doesn’t mean the settlement’s not fair."
Positive: On the other hand, in Wedgefield, S.C., hospice worker Rosalind Wilson, a certified nursing assistant with Agape Hospice, is garnering praise for saving her patient from a house fire. "All I could think about was getting him out," Wilson told The Item newspaper. "It was training," she said. "That is the purpose of me being here."
Home Health & Hospice Week
- Reimbursement:
Edits Targeting Therapy Net Massive F2F Denials Instead
Diagnosis codes alone won’t fulfill F2F. Is the face-to-face documentation for your patients airtight? If [...] - Billing:
Know The Codes Palmetto Is Targeting
HHH Medicare Administrative Contractor Palmetto GBA targeted claims with 2CGK* and 1BGP* HIPPS codes, reviewing [...] - Medical Review:
Deploy These 8 Strategies To Defend Against F2F Scrutiny
Revamping your admission process may save your reimbursement. If your face-to-face documentation isn’t up to [...] - Patient Privacy:
Be Ready To Give Patients Their Records Electronically
Beware this frequently missed HIPAA mandate. You’re violating new HIPAA requirements if you only give [...] - Hospice:
GIP Features In Supplemental Comparative Billing Report
Hospice diagnosis coding changes will hit hard, report indicates. Don’t be surprised to see Medicare [...] - Industry Notes:
Keep Your Eye On Washington As Budget Negotiations Unfold
Warning: More Medicare cuts could be on the way in mere months. The [...] - Industry Note:
E-Mail Gaffe Leads To Hospice HIPAA Breach Notification
A slip-up by a hospice employee is leading to some bad press for one hospice [...] - Industry Note:
New Change Of Care Notice Required In December
You’ve got about a month-and-a-half to get up to speed on the new CCN and [...] - Industry Note:
HHH MAC Region Transitions From NHIC To NGS
The HH&H MAC workload for provid-ers in Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont, and [...] - Industry Note:
Verify Your MAC Info
It may seem like you just did it, but there’s a good reason you need [...] - Industry Note:
Nation's Largest Home Care Chain Grows Larger
The nation’s largest home care chain has gotten even larger. Gentiva Health Services Inc., which [...] - Industry Note:
Hospice Owner Convicted
A hospice owner indicted two years ago has been found guilty of Medicare fraud in [...] - Industry Note:
Doc Housecall Co. Owners Found Guilty
Father-and-son owners of a physician housecall company have been convicted of Medi-care fraud related to [...] - Industry Note:
CNA Praised In Fire Rescue
Hospices may be getting a black eye in the press lately, but they also get [...] - Industry Note:
Home Care Therapist Tops OIG's Fugitive List
An indicted physical therapist in the large home care fraud schemes that took place in [...]
