CMS Adds Pilot Project Participants to Reduce Medicare Costs
(By – Jacqueline DiChiara, revcycleintelligence.com) The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has announced over 2,100 acute care hospitals, skilled nursing
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Hospice/Home Health Services
Reinventing Home Health
(By – John Marchica, healthaffairs.org) Accountable care is finally coming to home health. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is launching
Read MorePrevention could be the cure for high health costs
(By – Jim Landers, www.dallasnews.com) Chronic disease, much of it stemming from lifestyle choices, accounts for more than three-fourths of the money
Read MoreKings Home Healthcare Inc. awarded highest service rating
(By – GABRIELLA O’GRADY, via republicanherald.com) A home health care provider that serves Schuylkill County was awarded the highest star rating
Read MoreSearching for home health care just got easier
(By – Bob Moos, www.dentonrc.com) Medicare has just begun publishing star ratings for home health care agencies to help consumers tell the
Read More2 convicted of $33 million in Medicare fraud scheme: They billed for unnecessary home health care, jury said
(By CHAD HALCOM, www.crainsdetroit.com) Two Ypsilanti men could face years in prison at their November sentencing at federal court in Ann
Read MoreHow to Navigate the New 2015 Home Health Star Ratings System
(By – Valerie VanBooven RN BSN, www.homecaredaily.com) On July 16, 2015, the United States’ Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Read MoreDoctors are bringing house calls back
(By – SAEROM YOO, Associated Press) Mary Venturacci is 98 years old and lives by herself in her northeast Salem home. It’s
Read MoreHome-care workers find getting out harder than getting in union
(By – Tom Steward) Renee Katz has one question for the Service Employees International Union: What part of “no” don’t
Read MoreIndian American entrepreneur in Michigan sentenced to 6 ½ years in prison; fined $14.1 million for Medicare, tax fraud
(Source – www.americanbazaaronline.com) An Indian American entrepreneur based in Oakland Country, Michigan, Mohammed Sadiq, was sentenced to 80 months in prison
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