Home Health & Hospice Week
Hospice Owner Indicted
Hospices aren't immune from the feds' crackdown on Medicare fraudsters. Matthew Kol-odesh, owner of Home Care Hospice Inc. in Phila-delphia, faces fraud charges for allegedly submitting $14.3 million in claims for patients not eligible for hospice or who didn't receive services, according to a release from the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. "Kolodesh also allegedly diverted $9.36 million dollars from HCH's operating account for his own personal use, such as extensive renovations to his house, travel expenses, college tuition for his son, and a luxury automobile," the AG notes. He siphoned the cash from HCH through kickbacks from vendors and sham charitable donations made in the name of the hospice, prosecutors charge. Kolodesh also manipulated hospice cap figures by swapping patients with his other hospice business, Community Home Health in Bucks County, and ran a scam for a $2.5 million Philadel-phia Industrial Development Corporation loan, the indictment says.
Home Health & Hospice Week
- Reimbursement:
Use These 10 Vital Tips For Billing Success
Do your billers' job descriptions really match what they're doing? With your Medicare margins getting [...] - Information Technology:
Don't Let Your Cash Posting Procedures Open The Door To Losses
Research every adjusted claim for accuracy, expert urges. If you let your billing software do [...] - Billing:
Keep Your Billing On Track With These Crucial Benchmarks
You should run this vital billing report weekly. Home health agencies that fail to keep [...] - Enrollment:
Avoid These Revalidation Goblins
Tip: Failing to send in your CHOW information ASAP could haunt you. CMS and its [...] - Diagnosis Coding:
Prepare for ICD-10 Conversion With 2 Simple Steps
Know your anatomy and physiology if you want a quick transition. It's not too early [...] - Industry Note:
HHAs Get Answers To Therapy Reassessment Questions
Should you bill with no assessment? Although Medicare's therapy reassessment requirement went into effect back [...] - Industry Note:
CMS Falls Down On Reinstatement Hearings
Expect hearings over Medicare suspensions to get tougher in the wake of an Associated Press [...] - Industry Note:
Missing Hospice F2F Is Your Responsibility
You are on the hook to provide free care if your hospice patients' face-to-face requirement [...] - Industry Note:
Plan On Adjustments For Flu Vaccine Claims
Pay attention to your claims for flu vaccinations, or you may be losing Medicare reimbursement [...] - Industry Note:
RN Pay Rises In 2011
If you didn't increase your nursing salaries in 2011, you're out of step with the [...] - Industry Note:
Hospice Discharge Planning Required Without Pay
Medicare may not pay for discharge planning when a hospice patient is no longer terminally [...] - Industry Note:
Transfer Denials May Rise
Checking the Common Working File for a patient's Medicare history is more important than ever [...] - Industry Note:
More HIPAA Audits On Deck, Lawyers Warn
Get ready for OCR to roll with serious HIPAA audits. The HHS Office for Civil [...] - Industry Note:
Hospice Owner Indicted
Hospices aren't immune from the feds' crackdown on Medicare fraudsters. Matthew Kol-odesh, owner of Home [...] - Industry Note:
Show-Me State Provider Settles Fraud Charges For $600K
Delmar Gardens Private Services in Chesterfield, Mo. has settled Medicaid fraud charges for nearly $600,000, [...]
