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Hospice Medical Director Receives 50-Month Prison Sentence for $150M Fraud

Hospice News

“They enrolled patients with long-term incurable diseases such as Alzheimers and dementia as well as patients with limited mental capacity who lived at group homes, nursing homes and in housing projects.” All told, Merida personnel submitted 47,000 claims for more than 9,000 patients, totalling $152 million.

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CAPC CEO Brynn Bowman: Palliative Services Are a Fundamental Shift in Health Care

Hospice News

A major reason for these gaps in access is the lack of a standard payment model to finance palliative care services – there is no Medicare benefit for palliative care, nor do most private insurance companies include palliative care benefits in their coverage. While the large majority of U.S. Are there ways to mitigate those obstacles?

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Avoiding the Pitfalls of Involuntary Nursing Home Discharges/Transfers in Missouri

Healthcare Law Insights blog

To best position the nursing home for the most successful outcome at the appeal hearing, the facility must follow specific rules and requirements as it discharges or transfers the resident and the facility must ensure it documents all necessary facts along the way. 19 CSR 30-82.050(2)(A)-(F). 19 CSR 30-82.050(2)(A)-(F).