Seniors and their families may be able to better protect themselves from becoming targets of fraud after the announcement of a new program launched by home care agency, Home Instead Senior Care, this week. The program, Protect Seniors from Fraud, seeks to reduce senior financial abuse by supplying patients and their families with easy access […]
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Better oversight, established standards, and a higher level of accountability expected from organizations could reduce fraud and abuse in the Medicare audit system according to recommendations made by independent providers in the health care industry. A white paper written in response to the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance’s request for comments to aid in fraud […]
A laptop containing the personal records of nearly 10,000 patients from Hartford Hospital and Connecticut home health organization VNA HealthCare, was stolen from a health care vendor, the Associated Press reported today. The theft was reported in San Mateo, Calif. by an employee of Greenplum, a data analytics organization, who was was running data analysis on hospital […]
A Pennsylvania-based home care division has recently merged operations with a larger home care and hospice organization, Lutheran Social Services of South Central Pennsylvania, the two organizations announced on Tuesday. Effective July 1, Diakon Lutheran Social Ministries’ three home care programs—Diakon Hospice Saint John, Diakon Home Health, and Diakon Help at Home—was integrated into Lutheran […]
The home health care industry has seen an enormous amount of Medicare fraud in the past few years, and it may see some more bad apples exposed—and shut down—in upcoming months thanks to a public-private partnership between government and public organizations that’s sending a strong message to would-be fraudsters: We will find you, and we […]
A Michigan retirement community has designed a program aimed at providing a comprehensive continuum of care to people—similar to what’s generally available at a continuing care retirement community—all without asking them to leave their homes. The program works by charging an upfront membership fee (the equivalent to an “entrance fee” for traditional CCRCs) along with […]
The nation’s largest provider of home health and hospice services in terms of revenue, Gentiva Health Services, Inc. (NASDAQ:GTIV) announced on Thursday that it had acquired Advocate Hospice, located in Danville, Ind., for an undisclosed price. Advocate was founded in 2006 and is a leading provider of end-of-life care in its community. “The addition of […]
America’s headed toward a “geritocracy,” says a home health care association regarding the aging of the massive boomer generation, and health care reform initiatives could forge “crucial” alliances between the home health care industry and hospitals to continue a substantial growth trajectory. The Northwest Herald reports: [The] National Association for Home Care & Hospice has […]
The cost of long term care liability has been increasing steadily since 2005 and is projected to continue on an upward trend through 2013 as loss rates and the cost of accident claims grow, an analysis conducted by Aon Global Risk Consulting finds. Long term care loss rates will continue to increase by 4% annually […]
The home health care industry has seen an enormous amount of Medicare fraud in the past few years, and it may see some more bad apples exposed—and shut down—in upcoming months thanks to a public-private partnership between government and public organizations that’s sending a strong message to would-be fraudsters: We will find you, and we […]
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