Home Health & Hospice Week

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Medicare Suspension Held Off While HHA Argues Survey By Fired Employee Was Flawed

How do you think your agency would fare if your surveyor was an aggrieved former employee whom you fired? That’s what one Boise, Idaho HHA has had to deal with, and the outcome wasn’t good, it claims in a lawsuit. Saint Alphonsus Home Health and Hospice sued the Department of Health & Human Services in March when Medicare tried to [...]
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