Home Health & Hospice Week
Mother And Son Sentenced To 10, 7 Years For Fraud
A mother and son in Ohio have been sentenced to 10 and seven years, respectively, for their parts in a Medicare, Medicaid and Veterans Administration fraud scheme. In January, Delores Knight and Isaac Knight, who owned and managed, respectively, Just Like Familee II and Just Like Familee III in Cleveland Heights, Twinsburg, and Mentor, were convicted of fraud and money laundering charges in an $8 million scheme where documentation was forged and services not provided, the Department of Justice says in a release (see Eli’s HCW, Vol. XXVI, No. 8). The Knights also were ordered to each pay $8.1 million in restitution. Two other defendants in the case were also sentenced — Sonja N. Ferrrell received 18 months in prison and $1.1 million in restitution, and Juliet L. Bonner received eight months of home confinement, three years of probation, and $381,000 in restitution.
Home Health & Hospice Week
- Therapy:
Therapy Denials Rain Down On HHAs
Thousands of claims reviewed in past months. While you may think any amount of medical [...] - Medical Review:
Don't Let These Therapy Denial Reasons Torpedo Your Claims
Missing goals, measurements a common claim-killer. Palmetto GBA and the other HHH MACs have a [...] - Fraud & Abuse:
OIG Report Points To Misguided Fraud Policy For HHAs
Regulatory requirements aren’t catching the real criminals, attorney argues. Since the HHS OIG lists home [...] - Hospice:
OIG Circles Back To Hospice Fraud Hot Spots
Start your self-audits before you see penalties. Hospices should learn a lesson from home health [...] - Industry Note:
Joint Bundling Program Postponed
Jan. 1 new target date. Home care providers have some extra months before they’ll see [...] - Industry Note:
Medicaid Whacked In Trump Budget Proposal
There may not be any direct Medicare cuts to home health and hospice services in [...] - Industry Note:
Claims Glitch Recovery Process Depends On MAC
The NPI crosswalk glitch that was causing some agencies to have all their claims returned [...] - Industry Note:
Check Your Revalidation Date Under New Schedule
Medicare has resumed its “regular revalidation cycles” after its campaign to have providers revalidate under [...] - Industry Note:
Study: Patients Who Refuse HH Rehospitalized More
If you want to encourage referrals from hospital sources, you can use a new study [...] - Industry Note:
Texas Hospice, Physician Owner Raided By FBI
FBI agents and Texas State Troopers raided the Houston and Beaumont offices of Harbor Hospice, [...] - Industry Note:
Mother And Son Sentenced To 10, 7 Years For Fraud
A mother and son in Ohio have been sentenced to 10 and seven years, respectively, [...] - Industry Note:
State's Hidden Cameras Catch Patient Abuse By HH Aides
A popular New Jersey program providing hidden cameras to observe home health aides could spread [...] - Industry Note:
Warn Your Patients: OIG Phone Scams Continue
Tell your patients to be wary of callers offering them prizes or cash for personal [...]
