New executives have joined the ranks at four hospices. One Colorado-based organization revealed important responsibilities that leadership teams must oversee in today’s end-of-life care landscape. Care Synergy Names New COO Colorado-based Care Synergy has hired Dr. Emily Guth as its new chief operating officer. Guth, a registered nurse and physician, steps into the role on […]
Hospices are ramping up their compliance strategies to survive a regulatory onslaught aimed at stopping fraudulent activity in the industry. Fraudsters have increasingly stepped into certain geographic regions in recent years and obtained Medicare certifications. The program integrity issues have ignited a regulatory crackdown that has come with unintended consequences for some legitimate providers and […]
Texas has been flagged by regulators as an area seeing increased fraudulent hospice activity. The program integrity issues have challenged the sustainability of legitimate providers. Texas is among the fraud hotbed states, joined by California, Arizona and Nevada. These states have seen hundreds of newly licensed hospice operators in recent years – far more than […]
A temporary national moratorium has halted new hospice and home health enrollment in an effort to curb fraudulent activity in these industries. The hospice community has come forward in droves to examine the scope of potential benefits, and risks, to future access and quality. The U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) moratorium took […]
Preserving telehealth flexibilities, Medicare Advantage issues and the federal government’s looming hospice Special Focus Program were top of mind for hospice leaders from Texas during a recent visit to Capitol Hill. About 13 member organizations of the Texas Association for Home Care & Hospice (TAHC&H) recently attended more than 26 meetings with congressional lawmakers in […]
The crux of a lawsuit filed by hospice organizations against the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on Thursday is the criteria that the agency uses to select hospices for the new Special Focus Program (SFP). A group of providers and state associations are plaintiffs in the suit, including Texas Association for Home […]
A group of hospice providers and state associations have filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) over the implementation of the Special Focus Program (SFP). The organizations filed the lawsuit in the U.S. District Court in the Southern District of Texas-Houston Division. The plaintiffs include: Texas Association for Home […]
