Home Health & Hospice Week

Industry Note:

Fraudsters Submit Claims For Visits During Travel

The feds’ crackdown on Medicaid home care fraud continues. On Dec. 13, a federal grand jury indicted 14 St. Louis area individuals on Medicare and Medicaid fraud charges, according to press reports. All but one of the defendants were out of the country when either the caregiver claimed to be providing services or the client claimed to be receiving them, [...]
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