Home Health & Hospice Week
HHA Owner Headed To The Slammer
More than 15 months after pleading guilty to Medicare fraud, a Houston home health agency owner has been sentenced to prison. Akintunde Oyewale operated Grace Healthcare Services through September 2017, the Department of Justice notes in a release. Oyewale admitted to causing Grace to bill Medicare for home health services that were not medically necessary and not provided; paying medical clinics illegal kickbacks for fraudulent home health certifications and patient referrals; and failing to keep required documentation. “Oyewale admitted to using the fraudulently obtained funds for his personal financial benefit and for the benefit of his family members,” the DOJ says. A federal judge sentenced Oyewale to serve 57 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release. He also agreed to repay nearly $1.5 million in restitution to Medicare, the DOJ says.
Home Health & Hospice Week
- Covid-19:
Start The Countdown To Dropping COVID-19 Vaccination Mandate
New vaccination quality measures may affect Compare, VBP instead of surveys, rule says. Providers wondering [...] - Value-Based Purchasing:
Brace For CAHPS Score Drops Under VBP
Turn this negative into a positive with preemptive action Another sign that Medicare rushed the [...] - Education:
Correct Your OASIS Data Quickly If You Want It To Count For VBP
Plus: Medicare offers 2 new Value-Based Purchasing educational tools. A new month brings a new [...] - Labor Law:
Non-Competes Take Another Drubbing
NLRB head takes a turn targeting the arrangements. Prospects for holding onto your non-competes may [...] - Industry Notes:
Debt Ceiling Legislation Claws Back Unspent COVID Funds
Package spending increase ‘insufficient,’ rep says. The deal to suspend the $31.4 trillion debt ceiling [...] - Industry Notes:
OIG Urges Qui Tam Relators To Step Up
A federal watchdog agency is on the prowl for more whistleblowers. “Whistleblowers are integral to [...] - Industry Notes:
Faulty Inflation Math Means Hospices Should Get 3.7% Pay Bump, Reps Say
It’s not just home health agencies that should receive a positive payment adjustment due to [...] - Industry Notes:
Heed New WHD Clarification On FMLA Calculations
The fate of non-competes isn’t the only thing you have to worry about in the [...] - Industry Notes:
HQRP Intro Materials Get A Facelift
Check out an updated version of Medicare’s Introduction to the Hospice Quality Reporting Program training. [...] - Industry Notes:
Alive Hospice Sale Drama Continues
A longtime nonprofit hospice in Tennessee continues to get flack about a potential sale to [...] - Industry Notes:
Keep Up With Post-PHE Billing Requirements
Don’t forget to fine tune your billing if you’ve been using the CR modifier and [...] - Industry Notes:
Avoid Penalties By Reviewing Medicare Overpayment Basics
Don’t overlook overpayments as a source of risk. According to the Centers for Medicare & [...] - Industry Notes:
HHA Owner Headed To The Slammer
More than 15 months after pleading guilty to Medicare fraud, a Houston home health agency [...] - Industry Notes:
Home Health, Hospice Clinicians Hold Strike Vote
Unionization is still alive and well in home health. Case in point: At press time, [...]
