Texas Gets Failing Marks for Healthcare Quality, Home Care Included
Overall quality of healthcare in Texas pales in comparison to all other states with home health scoring the weakest of all care settings, a 2011 U.S. Department of Health & Human Services Agency...
View ArticleObama Budget to Curb DME Medicaid Reimbursement
The Obama Administration’s all-ecompassing 2015 Budget includes provisions that aims to limit Medicaid reimbursement for durable medical equipment (DME) in efforts to reduce federal spending in the...
View ArticleMedicare Fraud Sweep Nets $223 Million, 89 Arrests for False Billings
A nationwide takedown by Medicare Fraud Strike Force operations in eight cities has resulted in 89 arrests for alleged participation in Medicare fraud schemes involving $223 million in false billing,...
View ArticleHHS to Spend $840 Million to Improve Healthcare System
A dozen prospective states and projects have been named to receive a combined amount of $840 million under new programs intended to improve the healthcare system. The Department of Health and Human...
View ArticleSenate OKs Burwell As New HHS Secretary
Sylvia Burwell will serve as secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) after a bipartisan majority of Senators voted 78-17 Thursday in favor of President Obama’s nomination, the...
View Article90% of IL Hospice Employees Fail to Meet State Standards
Recently published findings from an audit of Medicaid and Medicare hospice providers found that 90% of those randomly sampled did not meet state hospice licensure requirements related to hospice...
View ArticleNew Online Roadmap Addresses Elder Abuse
A new online resource aims to tackle challenges to elder abuse prevention and prosecution. Elder abuse is an emerging health, justice, financial and social crisis, says The Department of Justice (DOJ)....
View ArticleMinnesota HHS Funds $3.5 Million for HCBS Innovation Programs
The Minnesota Department of Health and Human Services is offering $3.5 million in funding to providers who implement innovative projects designed to improve home and community-based services (HCBS)....
View ArticleCMS Final Rule Gives Healthcare Providers Flexibility in EHR Use
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) published a final rule Friday that allows health care providers more flexibility in how they meet meaningful-use guidelines for the EHR Incentive...
View ArticleMedicare, Medicaid Net $2.3 Billion in Health Care Fraud Recoveries in 2014
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) obtained a record $5.69 billion in settlements and judgments from cases involving fraud and false claims against the government in the fiscal year ending September...
View ArticleHHS Awards States $665 Million to Design, Improve Health Care Delivery
Twenty-eight states, three territories and the District of Columbia will be the beneficiaries to over $665 million in Affordable Care Act funding to design and test health care payment and service...
View ArticleObama Budget to Curb DME Medicaid Reimbursement
The Obama Administration’s all-ecompassing 2015 Budget includes provisions that aims to limit Medicaid reimbursement for durable medical equipment (DME) in efforts to reduce federal spending in the...
View ArticleMedicare Fraud Sweep Nets $223 Million, 89 Arrests for False Billings
A nationwide takedown by Medicare Fraud Strike Force operations in eight cities has resulted in 89 arrests for alleged participation in Medicare fraud schemes involving $223 million in false billing,...
View ArticleHHS to Spend $840 Million to Improve Healthcare System
A dozen prospective states and projects have been named to receive a combined amount of $840 million under new programs intended to improve the healthcare system. The Department of Health and Human...
View ArticleSenate OKs Burwell As New HHS Secretary
Sylvia Burwell will serve as secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) after a bipartisan majority of Senators voted 78-17 Thursday in favor of President Obama’s nomination, the...
View Article90% of IL Hospice Employees Fail to Meet State Standards
Recently published findings from an audit of Medicaid and Medicare hospice providers found that 90% of those randomly sampled did not meet state hospice licensure requirements related to hospice...
View ArticleNew Online Roadmap Addresses Elder Abuse
A new online resource aims to tackle challenges to elder abuse prevention and prosecution. Elder abuse is an emerging health, justice, financial and social crisis, says The Department of Justice (DOJ)....
View ArticleMinnesota HHS Funds $3.5 Million for HCBS Innovation Programs
The Minnesota Department of Health and Human Services is offering $3.5 million in funding to providers who implement innovative projects designed to improve home and community-based services (HCBS)....
View ArticleCMS Final Rule Gives Healthcare Providers Flexibility in EHR Use
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) published a final rule Friday that allows health care providers more flexibility in how they meet meaningful-use guidelines for the EHR Incentive...
View ArticleMedicare, Medicaid Net $2.3 Billion in Health Care Fraud Recoveries in 2014
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) obtained a record $5.69 billion in settlements and judgments from cases involving fraud and false claims against the government in the fiscal year ending September...
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