Home Health & Hospice Week
The HHS Office of Inspector General took the opportunity
The HHS Office of Inspector General took the opportunity to once again trumpet its largest-ever fraud settlement from a hospice provider. In its new semiannual report to Congress, the OIG notes VITAS Hospice Services agreed to pay $75.5 million to resolve charges that it billed for ineligible patients and for Continuous Home Care services that weren鈥檛 provided, and entered into a five-year CIA. The OIG announced the settlement of charges from three different whistleblower lawsuits last fall (see Eli鈥檚 HCW, Vol. XXVI, No. 39). The OIG also noted a guilty plea in another high-profile hospice case. Gwen Hilsabeck, administrator for Lisle, Illinois-based Passages Hospice, was sentenced to two years and four months in prison and $9 million in restitution after pleading guilty to altering patient files to make visits that were at the routine level appear to have been General Inpatient services. The report is at .
Home Health & Hospice Week
- Review Choice Demonstration:
This State To Go First In Revived Pre-Claim Review Demo
GAO wants Pre-Claim Review to resume. Medicare is revealing more details about its resurrected Pre-Claim [...] - Medical Review:
Industry Mobilizes For Pre-Claim Review Opposition
Learn from original PCR run, trade group tells Medicare officials. Unlike with the original Pre-Claim [...] - Know Your Facts:
Live Discharge Rate Dropped Again In 2017
LOS ticks upward. You have only a matter of days left to give Medicare your [...] - Hospice:
Prior Auth For Common Drugs May Be On Hospice Horizon
You should be paying for insulin, beta blockers, and more, CMS instructs. Data revealed in [...] - Utilization:
Hospice Payment Reform Fails To Move The Needle On Skilled Visits At End Of Life
Only slight improvement shown by claims data. Medicare鈥檚 hoped-for solution for boosting care levels in [...] - Fraud & Abuse:
OIG Shines Spotlight On Home Care Fraud
Watchdog agency profiles Texas, Florida cases. The feds continue to paint home care with a [...] - Industry Note:
Say Goodbye To Drug Education Measure, Hello To Oral Meds Improvement Measure
Learn the details of star rating changes in upcoming call. Now that the flu measure [...] - Industry Note:
High-Profile Hospice Cases Showcased In OIG Report To Congress
Don鈥檛 let a first-level appeal time out due to missing technicalities. If certain information in [...] - Industry Note:
The HHS Office of Inspector General took the opportunity
The HHS Office of Inspector General took the opportunity to once again trumpet its largest-ever [...] - Industry Note:
What's Ahead Under IMPACT Act? Find Out Here
Get the latest info on the IMPACT Act in a Frequently Asked Questions call. Register [...] - Reader Question:
Medicare Mails Out Next Batch Of MBI Cards To Benes
If you operate in a 鈥淲ave 2鈥� state, your patients should start receiving their new [...] - Industry Note:
You Have Until The End Of The Month To Review Your Latest Compare Data Reports
Don鈥檛 miss your chance to review your Hospice Compare data for the next refresh. 鈥淗ospice [...]
