Former medical director of hospice firm sentenced for role in $150M Medicare fraud scheme
By
Liza Berger
Sep 29, 2023
A former hospice medical director will serve 50 months in federal prison followed by one year of supervised release.
Philadelphia home care provider on the hook for over $7M due to overtime violations
By
C. Max Bachmann
Jun 06, 2023
A federal court has ordered a Philadelphia home care provider and its owner to pay over $7 million in back wages and damages to 1,230 current and former employees in connection with failing to pay overtime...
Home health firm owner sentenced in $1.4M Medicare fraud scheme
By
C. Max Bachmann
Jun 02, 2023
A U.S. District judge has sentenced a Texas man to serve 57 months in federal prison in connection with conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud.
Texas home health agency owner nets prison sentence in $1M Medicare fraud scheme
By
Diane Eastabrook
Apr 17, 2023
The owner of a Texas home health agency has been sentenced to 45 months in prison and ordered to pay more than $1 million in restitution for Medicare fraud.
CMS grants hospice telehealth flexibility until August
By
Diane Eastabrook
Apr 12, 2023
Hospice providers will be able to continue using HIPAA non-compliant communication platforms for three months after the COVID-19 public health emergency sunsets next month, according to the National Association...
California man pleads guilty to $3.1M hospice fraud scheme
By
Diane Eastabrook
Apr 05, 2023
The government’s intense focus on rooting out fraud in the hospice industry resulted in a California man pleading guilty earlier this week in a $3.1 million Medicaid fraud scheme.
Husband, wife charged in $8.7M home health fraud scheme
By
Diane Eastabrook
Mar 29, 2023
Husband and wife owners of a Houston home health firm have been charged in an $8.7 million Medicare fraud scheme.
Workforce, Medicare cuts to take center stage at NAHC’s upcoming March on Washington
By
Liza Berger
Mar 24, 2023
Home care providers will focus on the negative impacts of the workforce shortage and Medicare home health payment cuts when they converse with lawmakers during the National Association for Home Care &...
OIG: Personal care providers accounted for most Medicaid fraud convictions again in 2022
By
Diane Eastabrook
Mar 16, 2023
Personal care services (PCS) attendants accounted for the largest number of Medicaid fraud convictions than any other provider type last year.
States cracking down on nurses with phony diplomas
By
Diane Eastabrook
Mar 03, 2023
Regulators in a number of states are cracking down on nurses who received phony diplomas from three Florida nursing schools.