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Hospice and other health care providers charged with submitting false Medicare and Medicaid claims should not face stiff penalties based on only a sampling of claims, the nation’s largest long-term care provider association argues in a brief to the U.S. Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals. The case in question involves Agape Senior Community Inc., which […]
The bill passed this week by the House of Representatives to repeal Medicare’s sustainable growth rate (SGR) formula also would have reimbursement repercussions for post-acute care providers, including home health. The measure recently was unveiled by bipartisan leaders from the House Ways and Means as well as Energy and Commerce subcommittees; they introduced a working framework to permanently replace […]