Home Health & Hospice Week
DOL Warns Against Retaliation
A Department of Labor investigation does not appear to be going well for another New York home care agency. The DOL has secured a temporary restraining order against Sunrise Home Care Inc. in Brewster and owner Elsa Silva, it says in a release. Silva has harassed and intimidated employees repeatedly by asking them about their communications with investigators and instructing them to provide false information to the department; told employees she would have to close the business and they would lose their jobs if the division’s investigation determined she had to pay overtime premiums; and pressured employees to agree to return to the employers any monies owed to employees as a result of the investigation, the DOL alleges. In addition to refraining from intimidating workers and obstructing the investigation, Sunrise and Silva must allow Wage and Hour Division notices to be read aloud to all workers in languages they understand, and must provide seven days’ notice to WHD before terminating any employees, DOL says. “When employers like Sunrise Home Care Inc. of Brewster use threats and intimidation to hinder a U.S. Department of Labor investigation, we will take swift and effective legal action to hold them accountable and ensure that workers maintain the full legal rights and protections guaranteed under the Fair Labor Standards Act,” Regional Solicitor of Labor Jeffrey Rogoff says in the release.
Home Health & Hospice Week
- Reimbursement:
MedPAC Throws Spotlight On ‘All-Time High’ Profit Margin To Justify 7% HH Rate Cut Rec
‘Medicare has always overpaid for home health services,’ advisory body insists in new report to [...] - Know Your Facts:
Home Health Stats Continued Their Slow Decline In 2021
Spending, number of HHAs, users, and periods of care all down in latest period. Policy- [...] - Hospice:
MedPAC Urges Congress To Cut Hospice Cap By 20%
Commission follows through on arbitrary slash to aggregate cap. Over industry protest, an influential advisory [...] - Budget:
$150 Billion Increase For HCBS Headlines Biden Budget Proposal For Home Care Providers
Watch out: Boosted survey funding would translate to more surveys. The Biden administration has blown [...] - Fraud & Abuse:
Biden Administration Wants To Rev Fraud-Fighting Engine Even Higher
More medical review, audits, and enforcement are in the 2024 budget proposal. If the current [...] - Mergers & Acquisitions:
PE-Backed Rural Hospice Chain Expands In Missouri
Plus: North Carolina hospice provider sheds home health business. An Alabama-based hospice chain has enlarged [...] - Industry Notes:
OIG Set To End Its COVID Flexibilities, Too
Check your own policies for compliance — before the OIG does. Don’t forget that the [...] - Industry Notes:
Wage Index System Needs An Overhaul, MedPAC Indicates
Provider payment cuts aren’t the only topics MedPAC is tackling. In its March meeting, MedPAC [...] - Industry Notes:
Oversight Agencies Examine MA Denials, Supplemental Benefits
The feds are looking at Medicare Advantage plans more and more closely. So indicate two [...] - Industry Notes:
Nonprofit And Accredited Agencies Score Higher, Studies Say
Potential patients, referral sources, and others could be swayed by two recent studies pointing to [...] - Industry Notes:
Kickbacks Feature In Texas Fraud Case
A Houston home health agency owner is facing fraud charges. Rose Davies, owner of Pri [...] - Industry Notes:
NY Agency Agrees To Data Breach Class Action Settlement
A New York home care agency has agreed to pay up for a HIPAA data [...] - Industry Notes:
DOL Warns Against Retaliation
A Department of Labor investigation does not appear to be going well for another New [...]
