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Blue Sky Hospice Medical Director Convicted of $2.8M Hospice Fraud

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“Thropay fraudulently certified Medicare patients of Blue Sky as having terminal illnesses that the patients did not have so that Blue Sky Hospice could bill Medicare for hospice services,” a statement by the U.S. Justice Department indicated. “In Schmale from the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, Fraud Section.

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MA Beneficiaries More Likely than Fee-for-Service Patients to Enter Hospice from Community Setting

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Medicare Advantage (MA) beneficiaries are more likely to enroll in hospice from a community setting than patients in traditional fee-for-service programs. In 2011, for example, 50% of MA patients came to hospice from the community, compared to 39% of those in traditional Medicare. This is close to half of all Medicare beneficiaries.

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VNHS Leveraging Tech to Optimize Hospice Patient Experience

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For example, VNHS implemented its remote patient monitoring program in 2007. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services reported. The company has pioneered a number of technologies that are becoming increasingly common in the post-acute space. More recently it has dipped its toes into the realm of predictive analytics. “We

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Providers Work to Solve Palliative Care’s Biggest Growing Pains

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Samaritan Healthcare & Hospice launched its palliative care service line in 2007, mainly providing these services in hospital-based settings. A small number [of payers are] commercial, and then you’ve got Medicaid and several government payer pieces, with Medicare tending to be viewed as a lower payer for these services,” Spragens said.

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Hospice Workers ‘Crave’ Safety, Connection, Efficiency 

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In 2007, 27,400 recorded injuries occurred among close to 900,000 workers providing health care in the home setting, according to the National Institutes for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH). . Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), the U.S. Chart used with permission).

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Predictive Analytics ‘Gives Hospices a Lens’ into Quality, Compliance

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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) designed the HCI tool to paint a picture of care processes that occur between a patient’s admission and discharge. Established in 2007, the nonprofit hospice today announced a new partnership with health and community care technology company WellSky Hospice & Palliative.

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Former Blue Sky Hospice Medical Director Sentenced to 37 Months in Fraud Case

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million fraud scheme in which Medicare was billed for hospice services that the patients did not need. “In In 2015, Thropay was listed as the attending provider for more hospice claims paid by Medicare than any other provider in the nation,” the Justice Department indicated in a press release.