Industry Note:
Kindred Pays $3.1 M For Hospice CIA Violations
Published on Fri Sep 23, 2016
Billing Medicare for ineligible hospice patients has led to a $3.1 million penalty for one of the nation’s largest home care and hospice providers. Kindred Healthcare Inc. has paid the penalty for not complying with the Corporate Integrity Agreement that its 2014 acquisition, Gentiva, received when it negotiated a $25 million settlement for improper hospice billing (see Eli’s HCW, Vol. [...]