Business Briefs: LHC, HealthSouth, Partnership for Medicaid Home-Based Care

Partnership for Medicaid Home-Based Care Announces Additional Founding Members and Board of Directors The Partnership for Medicaid Home-Based Care announced that Centene and All Metro have joined as founding members of the partnership. The partnership is a group of national home care provider organizations looking to advance the delivery and integrity of high-quality, cost-effective Medicaid home-based […]

Supreme Court to Decide if Home Health Owner Can Tap Funds

A case heard by the Supreme Court on Tuesday may make it easier for individuals accused of Medicare fraud to hire a lawyer. The defendant in the case is a former home health agency owner who has been under house arrest. The case, Luis v. United States, in particular is seeking to determine whether the […]

LHC Group Acquires Embattled Provider for $5.7 Million

The Kentucky home health agency that infamously used tequila and Taylor Swift concert tickets as kickbacks has been sold to one of the nation’s largest home health and hospice providers. A U.S. Bankruptcy Court judge recently approved the sale of Lexington, Kentucky-based Nurses’ Registry and Home Health Corp. to LHC Group (NASDAQ: LHCG) for $5.7 […]

Taylor Swift Kickbacks Contribute to $16 Million Home Health Judgment

The latest home health agency fraud settlement is so huge, even Taylor Swift is involved—at least tangentially. A home health agency that used Taylor Swift concert tickets as kickbacks now owes the federal government $16 million, under the terms of a judgment announced Oct. 1. Lexington, Kentucky-based Nurses’ Registry and Home Health Corp., along with […]

Home Care Provider Files for Bankruptcy After Tequila-for-Referrals Charges

Kentucky-based Nurses’ Registry and Home Health Corp. recently filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, and alleges Medicare owes the company $1 million in payments for health care services it provided.  Medicare officials suspended payments to Nurses’ Registry earlier this year after suing the company over alleged kickbacks and improper billing, court documents show. The case drew attention […]