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Hospice News
MAY 9, 2025
Petros Fichidzhyan, 44, of Granada Hills, California, has been sentenced to 12 years in prison and three years of supervised release for his role in a mulit-year scheme to defraud Medicare of more than $17 million. Fichidzhyan committed the fraud through sham hospice companies and a home health company that he owned, according to the U.S.
Hospice News
JANUARY 23, 2025
Launched in 2017, the hospice company serves predominantly rural-based populations in Montana, northern Wyoming and South Dakota. As we look at diversity, language barriers and being more inclusive, were doing a better job of providing Medicare beneficiaries with more care. How does Stillwater Hospice approach growth?
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Hospice News
NOVEMBER 14, 2022
This year brought the return of Medicare sequestration, and pandemic-driven disruption in referral streams are lingering. Generally, fewer clinicians has meant fewer patients have been receiving hospice care, according to industry observers and companies’ own reports. The company saw a 10.6%
Hospice News
MARCH 29, 2024
The 2025 proposed hospice rule is raising some questions along with payment rates. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed a 2.6% increase in hospice per diems for 2025. We know that hospice care has demonstrated $3.5 Hospice care saves Medicare roughly $3.5
Hospice News
SEPTEMBER 29, 2023
A federal judge has sentenced Jesus Virlar-Cadena, formerly a medical director for the Texas-based hospice company Merida Group, to 50 months in prison for his role in a $152 million scheme. The company operated dozens of locations across Texas. Of that amount, Merida actually received $124 million.
Hospice News
MARCH 1, 2024
Frontpoint Health has completed its acquisition of the Texas-based home health and hospice company High Plains Senior Care Group (HPSC). The HPSC deal expands Frontpoint’s footprint and builds density in markets the company already serves, according to CEO Brent Korte. Financial terms were undisclosed.
Hospice News
JULY 3, 2023
The practice appears to stem from a rash of newly licensed hospices that have emerged in California, Nevada, Texas and Arizona. Some of these providers have secured licenses, as well as Medicare certification and, sometimes, accreditation. In that time frame, Nevada saw 56 newly certified hospices, and 369 emerged in Texas.
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