Medicare might have made duplicate payments for medications used by hospice beneficiaries, OIG report...
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McKnight's Staff
Jul 05, 2012
Medicare appears to have paid pharmacies twice for medications taken by hospice beneficiaries, a government report found.
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Sep 03, 2019
OIG: Illinois managed care groups received capitation payments after beneficiaries’ deaths … Nurse gets prison time for stealing drugs from relative with multiple sclerosis in nursing home … Virginia...
OIG plans to scrutinize skilled nursing facilities’ Medicare Part A claims
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Tim Mullaney
Feb 04, 2014
Skilled nursing operators can expect to see a new government report on Medicare Part A billing practices released in 2014, according to the latest annual work plan from the Department of Health and Human...
Long-term care hospitals treat fewer short-stay patients
Apr 15, 2008
Long-term care hospitals treated fewer short-stay patients from fiscal years 2003 to 2006 as a result of cuts in Medicare reimbursement, according to a memo from the Department of Health and Human Services...
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Joe Bush
Oct 26, 2022
New Hampshire provider hit with Department of Labor back wages settlement over back wages … HHS OIG audit finds most advanced payments made to providers were in compliance … Annual nursing home spending...
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John O'Connor
Jun 30, 2024
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Danielle Brown
Aug 01, 2022
LTC Properties highlights occupancy gains in second quarter … OIG: CMS failed to recoup $226 million in Medicare overpayments … Feds secure 66 million doses of Moderna’s variant-specific COVID-19...
NASL leader praises government investigation into medical equipment bidding process
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Tim Mullaney
Aug 29, 2013
A government investigation could shed much-needed light on the Medicare competitive bidding process for durable medical equipment, prosthetics and supplies, according to Cynthia Morton, executive vice...
OIG: Two-midnight policy led to limited access to skilled nursing care
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Dec 20, 2016
The implementation of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ controversial two-midnight rule has left some “vulnerabilities” in its wake, according to a federal report published...
LPN arrested for falsifying test records about resident’s fall death
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May 17, 2016
A former licensed practical nurse at a Louisiana veterans nursing home was arrested Monday on charges that she falsified records about a resident’s death following a fall.