by Elizabeth E. Hogue, Esq. | May 9, 2025 | Caring for the Caregiver, Clinical
by Elizabeth E. Hogue, Esq., It's National Nurses Week! Home Care Nurses, it’s National Nurses Week, May 6 – May 12, 2025, so we are celebrating the profession of nursing! Home Health Nurses Have a Proud History Home care nurses have an especially proud...
by Elizabeth E. Hogue, Esq. | Apr 24, 2025 | Admin, Hospice, Medicaid, Medicare, Medicare Advantage, Regulatory
by Elizabeth E. Hogue, Esq. No-no # 1 “No-No” may seem like something you would say to a toddler, but there is a list of things agency owners do that they should not do. Many of these are things providers may not often consider. This article focuses on the...
by Elizabeth E. Hogue, Esq. | Apr 11, 2025 | Admin, Audits, CMS, Medicare, Regulatory
by Elizabeth E. Hogue, Esq. Relief for Providers from Devastating Penalties? A judge in the Northern District of Texas recently decided that even the minimum penalties mandated under the False Claims Act (FCA) violate the Eighth Amendment’s Excessive Fines Clause...
by Elizabeth E. Hogue, Esq. | Mar 21, 2025 | Admin, Caregiver Safety, Caring for the Caregiver, Clinical
by Elizabeth E. Hogue, Esq. Violence Against Home Care Providers Continues Violence in Care at Home Continues… Sadly, but not surprisingly, the violence against field staff caring for patients in their homes continues. Here’s a recent example: On February 28,...
by Elizabeth E. Hogue, Esq. | Mar 13, 2025 | Admin, Clinical, Regulatory
by Elizabeth E. Hogue, Esq. Nursing Facility Compliance Guidance Takeaways for Hospices In November of 2024, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued revised “Nursing Facility Industry Segment-Specific Compliance...
by Kristin Rowan | Mar 13, 2025 | Advocacy, CMS, Medicare Advantage, Regulatory
by Kristin Rowan, Editor Update Last week, we reached out to some of our contacts for responses to this change. Former President of NAHC and current Senior Counsel at Arnall Golden Gregory Bill Dombi said: It is difficult to discern the impact of the rescission of the...
by Elizabeth E. Hogue, Esq. | Jan 23, 2025 | Clinical, Regulatory, Telehealth
by Elizabeth E. Hogue, Esq. DEA Issues Three Telemedicine Rules On January 16, 2025, the United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) announced three new rules to make permanent some temporary flexibilities for telemedicine established during the COVID-19...
by Elizabeth E. Hogue, Esq. | Jan 16, 2025 | Advocacy, Regulatory
by Elizabeth E. Hogue, Esq. Brown v D.C. Decision is Another Boost for Care at Home In Olmstead v. L.C., the U.S. Supreme Court decided that unjustified segregation of disabled persons constitutes discrimination in violation of Title II of the Americans with...
by Elizabeth E. Hogue, Esq. | Nov 21, 2024 | Admin, Clinical
by Elizabeth E. Hogue, Esq. Case Management & Discharge Planning to Reduce Length of Stay By the Numbers Many hospitals are laser-focused on reducing length of stay in order to enhance patient experiences and boost financial performance. A recent study by KFF shows...
by Elizabeth E. Hogue, Esq. | Oct 31, 2024 | Clinical, Regulatory
by Elizabeth E. Hogue, Esq. Everyone in the "Fraud Soup" Together Perhaps you remember the CEO of a hospice in the Dallas area, Novus Health Care Services, who texted staff members urging them to administer drugs to patients to avoid exceeding per patient spending...
