Nursing home hospice doctor faces up to 25 years in jail after kickback conviction
By
McKnight's Staff
Jun 05, 2013
A federal jury recently convicted a Philadelphia physician of receiving kickbacks from a hospice provider in exchange for referring Medicare and Medicaid patients. Eugene Goldman, M.D., will be sentenced...
Hospice settles HIPAA case for $50,000
By
Elizabeth Newman
Feb 01, 2013
A stolen laptop has resulted in an Idaho hospice organization paying the Department of Health and Human Services $50,000.
Hospices to receive 2.5% bump for Medicare patients
Aug 01, 2011
Hospices treating Medicare beneficiaries will see a 2.5% increase in payments for fiscal year 2012, according to a final rule released Friday by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. They must...
SIX DAYS TO GO: McKnight’s 5th Annual Online Expo
Mar 17, 2011
Two federal courts recently issued nearly identical rulings declaring the Medicare cap on hospice reimbursements to be invalid. They continue an unbroken series of rejections of the Department of Health...
Hospice provider wins injunction against HHS efforts to enforce ‘capricious’ reimbursement...
Aug 24, 2010
An Arkansas hospice provider has been granted a temporary reprieve from efforts by the Department of Health and Human Services to recoup reimbursement the federal agency says exceeds the annual Medicare...
Gentiva completes Odyssey takeover bid
Aug 18, 2010
Home health giant Gentiva Health Services Inc. has completed its acquisition of hospice provider Odyssey HealthCare Inc., the company announced Tuesday.
U.S. district court invalidates federal calculation for hospice care reimbursement
Jun 15, 2010
The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma recently ruled that a federal regulation capping Medicare payments for hospice care providers is invalid. That echoes a Texas district court...
Hospice-home health merger to affect long-term care
By
Liza Berger
Jun 03, 2010
Developments in the hospice and home care markets may not generally catch the eyes of folks in the long-term care sphere. But that could change as a result of a recent transaction.
Court: Medicare hospice provider cap calculated improperly
Mar 04, 2010
The federal Medicare hospice provider cap is calculated in a way that is “arbitrary, capricious, an abuse of discretion, and unlawful,” a federal court recently ruled.