Nationwide medical transportation company American Medical Response Ambulance Service, Inc. (AMR) will pay $162,500 and provide other relief to settle a federal pregnancy discrimination lawsuit…
[The home health agency] did not comply with Medicare billing requirements for 21 of the 100 home health claims that we reviewed. For these claims,…
States reported limited oversight of their Medicaid managed care organizations’ (MCO) management of specialty drug categorization and spending. Twenty-four States reported that they were not…
On November 15, 2020, a fire broke out in a nursing facility’s maintenance garage in New York. A week after the fire, COVID-19 was spreading…
The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act suspended the payment adjustment percentage of 2% applied to all Medicare Fee-For-Service (FFS) claims from May…
The State Department of Health has been made aware of reports that Parcare Community Health Network, an Orange County provider, may have fraudulently obtained COVID-19…
Governor Tony Evers and the Department of Health Services (DHS) announced expanded testing for Wisconsin’s assisted living facilities. The new program allows community-based residential facilities…
The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued guidance addressing how the Health Insurance Portability…
The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announces its thirteenth settlement of an enforcement action in…
West Virginia is aiming to complete vaccinations at long-term care facilities even sooner than originally anticipated, possibly by this coming Monday.