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'Ignorance' Is No Excuse For Certification Violations

Published on Tue Aug 04, 2009

Here's how one agency's lack of due diligence put it on regulators' bad side. If you aren't sure whether your subsidiaries and new acquisitions are following the rules, now's the time to find out. Unfortunately, an Ohio home care agency is learning that lesson the hard way. Viaquest Home Health has reached a settlement with the New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs to stop placing uncertified home care aides with patients or employers who need help from a certified aide, according to the Asbury Park Press. The agreement comes after an investigation into Viaquest Home Health LLC of Toms River. Viaquest made no admission of liability and admitted that it did not thoroughly examine the Toms River location when it was purchased in 2007, president and CEO Richard Johnson told the AAP. Fallout: The state Attorney General did not monetarily penalize Viaquest for failing to follow the rules but did [...]
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