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Tapestry Hospice Execs Settle Fraud Case for $1.4M; Prison Term, $3M Penalty in Angel Care Case

Hospice News

Dr. David Lovell, its founder and owner, launched the for-profit hospice in 2010, and the enterprise became Medicare-certified in 2012. Tapestry Hospice allegedly paid medical directors to “induce them to refer patients” to their organization in exchange for monthly stipends and signing bonuses for medical directors.

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Is Hospice Losing Its Way: A Podcast with Ira Byock and Joseph Shega

GeriPal

Reading Ira’s article, it essentially was the VITAS Medical Director job description. Lauren: And looking in the Medicare data, you cannot figure out when a hospice changed ownership. They’re really excellent, and if I have any complaint about them at all, it’s that they could have been issued in 2008, 2009.

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Undisclosed Conflicts of Interest by Physicians Creating the CDC Opioid Prescribing Guidelines: Bad Faith or Incompetence?

Pallimed

This unexpectedly and undesirably increased health insurers’ medication costs, including Medicare and Medicaid (22). About the Authors: Lead author, Chad Kollas, serves as the Medical Director for Palliative and Supportive Care at the Orlando Health Cancer Institute in Orlando, FL. Von Korff M, Kolodny A, Deyo RA, Chou R.

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