Home Health & Hospice Week
Another Hospice Nurse Imposter Strikes, This Time In Michigan
Don’t let the nurse staffing shortage tempt you into skipping steps on background checks. Case in point: In Grand Rapids, Michigan, a federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging Leticia Gallarzo with identity theft while posing as a hospice nurse and related charges. Gallarzo used the Michigan licensing number and the name of a person licensed as a nurse to obtain employment as an RN at a hospice facility and nursing home, the Department of Justice says in a release. The hospice caught the lie when Gallarzo’s fingerprints “matched the fingerprints on record due to her previous state and federal convictions for practicing nursing without a license in Texas in 2015 and 2016,” the DOJ notes.
Home Health & Hospice Week
- Value-Based Purchasing:
Leave VBP Baseline Year Right Where It Is, HHAs Urge
Quit moving the Value-Based Purchasing goalposts, commenters tell CMS. Many home health agencies are just [...] - Quality:
Put The Brakes On VBP Quality Measure Changes, Agencies Agree
PPH, Discharge Function measure changes are too much, too soon. The Medicare home health proposed [...] - Mergers & Acquisitions:
Texas-Based Home Health Chain Makes Buy In Illinois
Plus: Two more veteran nonprofit hospices merge, this time in the Golden State. Elara Caring [...] - Labor Law:
Overtime Exemption Changes Poised To Hit HH, Hospice Providers In The Wallet
Gauge how much anticipated revisions will cost you. The feds’ new effort to expand overtime [...] - Compliance:
Take These Steps Now To Head Off Overtime Slips Later
You’ve got less than a month to give the DOL your 2 cents. You don’t [...] - Legislation:
Lawmakers Weigh In On Multiple HH & Hospice Hot Topics
Senator shines spotlight on Medicaid access problems. Don’t count the United HealthGroup acquisition of Amedisys [...] - Industry Notes:
Aging Notice Of Admission Glitch Fix Nears
Pointer: Check to make sure the returned claim is actually an error. A payment system [...] - Industry Notes:
No End In Sight For Hospice Service Intensity Add-On Billing Headaches
Billing hassles will not be so easily bypassed for certain SIA add-on scenarios. The problem: [...] - Industry Notes:
Beware Home Health, Hospice Impact Of Proposed Nursing Home Staffing Minimums
If you think nursing home staffing minimums won’t affect you, think again. A Centers for [...] - Industry Notes:
Another Hospice Nurse Imposter Strikes, This Time In Michigan
Don’t let the nurse staffing shortage tempt you into skipping steps on background checks. Case [...] - Industry Notes:
Failure To Meet State Labor Reporting Requirements Costs One Agency Big Time
A California home care providers is shelling out close to six figures to settle labor [...]
