The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) on Thursday announced thousands of employee layoffs, resulting in a loss of nearly one-quarter of its full-time workforce. The layoffs are part of a restructuring process in accordance with an executive order from the Trump administration known as the Implementing the President’s “Department of Government Efficiency” […]
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A guilty plea has been filed in a hospice fraud scheme that allegedly bilked Medicare for $17 million in false claims. Petros Fichidzhyan pleaded guilty to charges of health care fraud, aggravated identity theft and money laundering in connection with the Medicare fraud case involving multiple California-based hospice and home health companies. Fichidzhyan was among […]
Fraudulent operators in the hospice space have misspent millions of Medicare dollars in recent years. This problem has become so severe that it has become one of the defining issues facing the hospice industry, with providers and other industry stakeholders expressing concern about significant impacts to future payment, access, sustainability and utilization. This is the […]