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Compliance:

Take These 4 Steps To Guard Against Fraud Charges

Published on Fri Nov 03, 2017

What's the status of your compliance plan? Following VITAS' record-breaking fraud settlement, heed this advice from the experts to avoid being swept up in the feds' hospice dragnet. Consider compensation carefully. According to the feds, VITAS "set goals for the number of continuous home care days billed to Medicare and used aggressive marketing tactics and pressured staff to increase the [...]
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