Home Health & Hospice Week

Fraud & Abuse:

Feds Crack Down On Docs In Home Care Fraud Schemes

Physician receives 4 years for bogus hospice certs. It’s not just home health agency and hospice owners and personnel on the receiving end of the feds’ scrutiny. A number of recent cases show that authorities are looking at all the actors in home care fraud cases — including physicians. In California: Physician Boyao Huang, who was convicted of certifying as [...]
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