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Former Canon Healthcare Owner Convicted for $47 Million in Hospice Fraud

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Between 2013 and 2016, the company billed Medicare for $62 million and received $47 million in payments, according to the U.S. Between 2013 and 2017, Canon billed Medicare for 2,800 claims per month, totalling $15.3 Justice Department.

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Canon Healthcare Owner Receives Prison Sentence, $42 Million Fine in Fraud Case

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The court also ordered Akula to repay $42 million in fraudulent Medicare billing claims made between January 2013 and December 2019, which totaled roughly $84 million during that six-year span. The charges included fraudulent claims for physician services and home visits, as well as manipulation of Medicare billing codes.

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Dana-Farber’s New Push to Integrate Palliative, Behavioral Services in Cancer Care

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million by 2030, up from 641,860 in 2000, according to 2013 research from the University of New Mexico Department of Family and Community Medicine. “I The number of seniors who have an intellectual or developmental disability is projected to nearly double, reaching 1.2

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Hospice of the Foothills Joins California Hospice Network

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Three hospices in 2013 established Ohio’s Hospice, for instance. Among the organization’s goals of the collaboration is to reduce overhead costs, improve the members’ bargaining position with payers and health plans and smooth the transition into value-based payment models, such as Medicare Advantage.

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Untangling the Hospice GIP Conundrum

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of hospice care days in 2013, CMS reported. Scrutiny of GIP utilization has been ongoing for a number of years, dating back to 2013 reports from the OIG. Though hospices are required to offer all four levels of care, more than half did not provide a single day of GIP during 2022, according to the U.S. GIP represented 1.8%

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3 Reasons Continuous Home Care Utilization is Falling

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Continuous home care (CHC) represented 0.9% of hospice care days during 2022, according to the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO). This is down from 1.8% The widespread labor shortage in hospice is one of several barriers to patients’ receiving CHC, according to Sarah Simmons, director of quality at NHPCO.

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Agape Expands to Alabama, Louisiana with Journey Hospice Deal

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million by 2040, up from 721,166 in 2013, according to data from the University of Alabama. Currently, seniors represent 17.3% of Alabama’s overall population, the U.S. Census Bureau reported. Statewide, this age group is expected to reach 1.2 Hospice utilization among Medicare decedents in Alabama reached 47.4%

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