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Home Health Final Rule Extends Exclusion Screening Obligation: Failure to Screen Could Result in Termination from Medicare

By Paul Weidenfeld The new Final Rule issued by CMS revising the conditions of participation for home health agencies (HHAs) requires…

DOJ Announces New FCA Settlements involving Excluded Persons including a $6.5 Million Settlement involving Services Provided by a Private Duty Nurse Investigated by OIG

The Department of Justice (DOJ) recently announced two new False Claims Act (FCA) settlements involving excluded persons. The first was a…

Review of February, 2014 Exclusion Cases: Focus on Nursing Homes Remains High and the Cost of Violations Rise

I. OIG Targets Nursing Homes Last year almost half of the exclusion violation matters reported by the Office of the…