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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. million in improper Medicare claims. Justice Department, Angel Care enrolled 24 patients in hospice between 2009 through 2017 who did not meet Medicare eligibility requirements.

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Survey: 77% of Hospices Undergo Multiple Audits Simultaneously

Hospice News

The organizations earlier this year presented their findings , published today, to members of Congress and the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). In addition to those my Medicare Contractors, last year the U.S. Regulatory issues topped providers’ list of concerns, the survey found. “To

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Advocates Rally in DC for the Future of Hospice: NHPCO and HAN Amplify Provider Voices on Capitol Hill

NHPCO

Hospice Action Week brings together leaders, advocates, and supporters from across the country to unite as one voice to drive positive, legislative change for the betterment of the Medicare Hospice Benefit. “The cornerstone of effective advocacy is storytelling.

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Stoneridge Hospice Owner Rollie Seebert: Hospices Help Address the ‘Demographic Tsunami’

Hospice News

In February that year we got our corporation licenses for a business and in November we became Medicare-certified. I worked in Phoenix at the sheriff’s office from 1976 to 2012. It’s about meeting the Medicare standards and accreditation requirements, whether it’s home health or hospice.

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The Rise of Malpractice Claims Against NPs

Daily Nurse

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. percent of all claims in the 2022 dataset, compared to 13 percent in the 2012 dataset. Family and adult-gerontology primary care have consistently represented the majority of NP claims across 2012, 2017, and 2022 claim report datasets. Are there elements that can’t be explained?

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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). Payments For Opioids Shifted Substantially To Public And Private Insurers While Consumer Spending Declined, 1999-2012. 2000 Jul 26;284(4):428 9. doi : 10.1001/jama.284.4.423b. 284.4.423b. Zhou C, Florence CS, Dowell D.

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PEPPER Report: Target areas for rehab

Rehab Realities by Renee Kinder

This will be either a patient control number (found at form locator 03a on the UB-04 claim form) or a medical record number (found at form locator 03b on the UB-04 claim form) for a traditional Medicare Part A Fee-for-Service patient who received services from July 1, 2021, through Sept. 30, 2021 (“from” or “through” dates on a paid claim).