Home Health & Hospice Week
Home Care LVNs Draw 5-Year Jail Sentences
Two home care LVNs in Houston have been sentenced to more than five years in prison for convictions related to a home care fraud scheme. Family Healthcare Group's Mary Ellis and Caro-line Njoku also were ordered to pay about $400,000 and $630,000 in restitution, respectively, according to a Department of Justice release. FHG paid Ellis, Njoku and other co-conspirator Florida Holiday Island to recruit Medi-care beneficiaries for services that were medically unnecessary or never provided, prosecutors said at trial. Ellis and Njoku falsified documentation to support the false claims. The sentences are the latest in prosecution of the $5.2 million HHA fraud scheme (see Eli's HCW, Vol. XX, No. 19, p. 147). RN Adelma Casas Sevilla has been sentenced to 18 months.
Home Health & Hospice Week
- Hospice:
Check Your Hospice Hot Spots Before Reviewers Do
Expect the number of whistleblower suits aimed at hospices to rise. Recent action by the [...] - Medical Review:
Fend Off Hospice Scrutiny With Data Details
Use these 7 tips to keep your rightful hospice reimbursement. Chances are a reviewer's going [...] - Fraud & Abuse:
Gentiva Agrees To $25 Million Settlement Over Odyssey Continuous Care Fraud Charges
Five-year corporate integrity agreement requires education, audits. Another fraud settlement regarding hospice services shows how [...] - Diagnosis Coding:
Move ICD-10 Conversion Down A Notch On Your Priority List
ICD-10 deadline will be postponed -- but for how long? Just three months ago, Centers for [...] - Reimbursement:
Use This ADR Tool To Hang Onto Reimbursement That's Yours
Providers pass on OIG's second chance to submit medical records. You have most likely heard [...] - Industry Note:
Home Care Ducks Budget Ax For Now
Doc fix gets funding from hospitals, SNFs. President Obama is expected shortly to sign the [...] - Industry Note:
Tap Free OIG Exclusions Training
If you don't want to be on the hook for hundreds of thousands of dollars [...] - Industry Note:
Avoid These Revalidation Pitfalls
You might think you've submitted your revalidation to HHH MAC CGS and that that task [...] - Industry Note:
CMS Troubleshoots PECOS System Problems,
You should find changes to the PECOS system that now make it easier to use, [...] - Industry Note:
Avoid Trouble With Therapy Reassessment Scheduling Tool
Having trouble coordinating therapist visits for the reassessment requirements that went into effect in 2011? [...] - Industry Note:
Home Care LVNs Draw 5-Year Jail Sentences
Two home care LVNs in Houston have been sentenced to more than five years in [...] - Industry Note:
Agency Owner Charged With Forging Aide Qualifications
Law enforcement authorities are not treating lightly fudging of personal care attendants' qualifications. In Baton [...] - Industry Note:
VNS In Seattle Set To Close Its Doors
Swedish Visiting Nurse Services in Seattle will close its doors by the end of April, [...] - Industry Note:
SoCal VNA Begins Work On Hospice Facility
A new hospice inpatient facility is coming to Claremont, Calif. The Visiting Nurses Asso-ciation and [...]
