Home Health & Hospice Week
DME Suppliers Top GAO's List Of Fraudsters
But HHAs aren't doing too badly at all. The percentage of home health agencies that were found or pled guilty to Medicare fraud charges is relatively small, compared to the press attention they have been garnering lately. In an analysis of In contrast, 171 durable medical equipment suppliers fell into that category, the GAO says -- 18.5 percent. Medical centers -- including medical practices -- were the only category of providers that bested that figure with 173 subjects at 18.7 percent. There weren't enough hospice fraud case targets to merit their own category in the report's analysis. HHAs ranked a bit higher when it came to fraud case subjects in civil cases who saw a judgment or settlement for the government or relator, the GAO notes -- 41 subjects at 5.6 percent. DME suppliers, on the other hand, ranked only 4.2 percent with 25 such subjects in the category. The report is online at www.gao.gov/assets/660/650341.pdf.
Home Health & Hospice Week
- Regulations:
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Use Correct Patient Status Codes, CMS Urges Hospices
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OIG OKs Free Program Offering Non-Skilled Services
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Beware Pitfalls In Furnishing Bridge Services
Follow these 5 steps to compliance. If you want to protect your free services program [...] - Industry Note:
DME Suppliers Top GAO's List Of Fraudsters
But HHAs aren't doing too badly at all. The percentage of home health agencies that [...] - Industry Note:
Study Points To Enrollment Policies As Factor In Hospice Underuse
Payment limitations may be more of a factor in hospice underuse than many providers think. [...] - Industry Note:
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Register Now For Therapy Functional Reporting Call
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SEC Concludes Financial Compliance Investigation
Recently completed Securities and Exchange Commission investigations handed down a clean bill of financial-compliance health [...] - Industry Note:
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Get ready to pay more for mileage, as the IRS is increasing business travel mileage [...] - Industry Note:
HHA Closes After Losing Medicare, Medicaid Payment
ABC Homecare LLC closed after losing its Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement, following an unfavorable survey [...] - Industry Note:
HHA Owner Sentenced For Home Care Fraud In St. Louis
HHA owner Rose Ray-Vasser is facing 30 months in prison and $398,000 in restitution for [...]
