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Florida Home Health Company Pays $2.1M to Resolve False Claims Allegations

Healthcare Compliance Blog

A home health services company headquartered in Kentucky, and its related entities, paid $2.1 million to the United States government to settle claims of improperly billing the Medicare Program for home health services provided to beneficiaries living in Florida.

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The Cobra Effect & Enforcing Compliance Standards

AIHC

Lessons Learned about Consequences & Incentives Submitted by the AIHC Education Department Introduction The Office of Inspector General has released the new General Compliance Program Guidance or “GCPG” in late 2023. The British government decided to take action and offered citizens a bounty to redeem for dead cobras.

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The Cobra Effect & Enforcing Compliance Standards

AIHC

Lessons Learned about Consequences & Incentives Submitted by the AIHC Education Department Introduction The Office of Inspector General has released the new General Compliance Program Guidance or “GCPG” in late 2023. The British government decided to take action and offered citizens a bounty to redeem for dead cobras.

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The 2020 Social Determinants of Health: Connectivity, Art, Air and Love

Health Populi

the health/care ecosystem warmly embraced social determinants of health as a concept in 2019. A few of the mainstreaming-of-SDoH signposts in 2019 were: Cigna studying and focusing in on loneliness as a health and wellness risk factor. Humana’s Bold Goal initiative targeting Medicare Advantage enrollees. Across the U.S.,

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Health Provider News

Hall Render

NATIONAL 6 health systems using GPT and AI tools 100,000 nurses left industry during the pandemic, report finds AHA backs bill to delay Medicaid DSH cuts by 2 years AHA launches info hub for healthcare quality leaders AHA opposes MedPAC recommendations to Congress on site-neutral, Part B drug, wage index policies AHA ramps up 340B protection efforts (..)

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CVS + Aetna: Inflection Point in US Healthcare, Merger Approved Update

Health Populi

CVS Health’s acquisition of Aetna was approved this week by U.S. I wrote this post on the deal as an inflection point in American healthcare on 3rd December 2017 when CVS and Aetna announced their marriage intentions. Federal regulators after months of scrutinizing the antitrust-size-market control implications of the deal.

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Hall Render’s Health Provider News – January 28, 2022

Hall Render

FDA halts use of antibody drugs that don’t work vs. omicron. Medicare posts key nursing home staffing info for consumers. Safety-net hospitals face the worst of the US’ nursing shortage. State health officer discusses Alabama’s COVID-19 peak. Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority names new CEO.