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Georgia Nursing Home Settles to Resolve Allegations of False Claims for Therapy Services

Healthcare Compliance Blog

In a March 11, 2022, release by the Northern District of Georgia’s Office of the Department of Justice, it was reported that an investigation determined a Georgia nursing home knowingly submitted claims for unreasonable, unnecessary, and unskilled services for Medicare patients. Attorney Kurt R. To avoid a “reverse false claim” (i.e.,

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Appeals Court Rules Against Nursing Home: Bankruptcy Cannot Affect Prevent Cancellation of Medicare or Medicaid Contacts

The Health Law Firm

Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law On July 11, 2016, a federal appeals court stated that a bankruptcy judge did not have the authority to block government health officials from cutting off Medicare and Medicaid payments to a Florida nursing home that was alleged to have violated patient-care regulations. Indest III, J.D.,

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DOJ Recouped $2.2 Billion Under FCA in 2022

Hall Render

DOJ filed claims against multiple nursing homes and their management corporation for providing services that the DOJ alleged were grossly below the standard of care. million to resolve allegations that it paid kickbacks to physicians who attended its programs in connection with its multiple sclerosis drugs between 2009 and 2014.

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What $285,000 Can Buy You in America: Medical Costs for Retirees in 2019

Health Populi

Here’s the method behind the $285,000 calculation, for those who want to kick tires on Fidelity’s other assumptions: the estimate is based on the 65-year old couple with life expectancies consistent with the Society of Actuaries RP-2014 Healthy Annuitant rates using the Mortality Improvements Scale MP-2016.

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Weekly Health Care Real Estate Briefing: NYU Langone Announces $3B Medical Center Project I Mayo Clinic Recommits $4B to its Minnesota Operations I HCA to Acquire 41 Urgent Care Clinics

Hall Render

According to a new article , nursing home operators are asking for permission to add 700 new beds to the market. Nursing home beds remain subject to Florida’s Certificate of Need (CON) law. This is the lowest point in MOB transaction sales volume since 2014. The tax burden is over $2.2M In Q1, $1.5B

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Health Provider News – April 1, 2022

Hall Render

Nursing Home Operating Expenses Could Balloon by $500K With Staffing Minimums in Place. Parkinson warns of new ‘enormous’ business problem for nursing homes; highlights staffing-minimum alternative. Apprentice program addressing the nursing shortage crisis in Alabama. UnityPoint Health names nursing chief.

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SQA Regulatory Surveillance Summary | Monthly Update 2022 – June

SQA

This guidance is a revision of the draft guidance for industry entitled DSCSA Standards for the Interoperable Exchange of Information for Tracing of Certain Human, Finished, Prescription Drugs: How to Exchange Product Tracing Information , issued in November 2014 as required by the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FD&C Act).

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