The Florida Health Care Association (FHCA) has made legislation giving seniors the option to convert their life insurance policies to pay for home care or skilled nursing care a top long-term care legislative priority for 2013. Senate Bill 794, sponsored by state Senator Jeff Brandes, and House Bill 535, sponsored by state Representative Jimmy Patronis, […]
Category: Medicaid
Pennsylvania’s governor is pushing to privatize the state’s lottery management through a contract he says will provide additional money to expand and fund at-home care for seniors, reports the Post-Gazette. Gaining an estimated $50 million of additional revenue would be timely, as demand for home services grows. The state’s senior population—one of the highest in […]
A former home health care agency owner in Virginia is facing a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine after pleading guilty to Medicare fraud in connection with her home health operations. Angie Gilchrist, who formerly owned A-Z Alpha Omega In-Home Personal Care Service LLC based in Suffolk, Virginia, was authorized to […]
Amid the variety of topics President Obama discussed in his State of the Union address Tuesday night, the Commander in Chief did touch on the need to address the rising cost of health care. Acknowledging rising costs of health care are the biggest driver of the nation’s long-term debt, Obama expressed that those who care […]
Post-acute care provider LHC Group Inc. (NASDAQ:LHCG) has entered into an agreement to acquire the home health service line of Addus HomeCare Corp. (NASDAQ:ADUS) in a $20 million transaction expected to close on or around Feb. 28, 2013. The deal encompasses 19 home health agencies and two hospice agencies in five states and will expand […]
A St. Louis home health company will pay close to $175,000 in settling a Medicaid fraud case with the state of Missouri. Infiniti Home Care, Inc. reached a settlement this month, announced by Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster, that will total 174,504 for billing Medicaid for home care services the company did not provide. The […]
A Minnesota woman pleaded guilty this week to counts of home health care fraud and wire fraud after allegedly embezzling more than $800,000 from a Minneapolis-area home health care company. According to the allegations, Lori Jo Mueller embezzled the funds from Edelweiss Home Health Care and used them for her personal use. Having worked as […]
New prices for durable medical equipment looks to save billions for both Medicare and its beneficiaries over the next decade, announced the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on Wednesday. Between 2013 and 2022, the CMS Office of the Actuary estimates Medicare will save $25.7 billion for its Part B Trust Fund, and $17.1 […]
Spending on senior care services, which includes skilled nursing, home health care and assisted living are predicted to grow 5.2 percent annually and will amount to $319.5 billion by 2016 according to the Freedonia Group. Skilled nursing saw facilities revenue come in at $106.9 billion in 2011 according to the study and are projected to […]
A former home health care agency provider in Virginia was sentenced this week to 51 months in prison for health care fraud and alteration of records in addition to a consecutive sentence for other charges. Former owner of A Caring Hand Home Health Care Services Inc. Janice Holland, pled guilty in September to the fraud […]
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