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Dumping Increases Homelessness

Media reports that Ohio’s increasing homeless problem is caused by the nursing homes dumping vulnerable adults. In early Augst of 2023, an older, medically fragile, woman was found with just a walker and a large bag of medications outside an Ohio homeless shelter. Found with a broken tibia, dementia, and diabetes, she was scared, and

Healthcare Fraud

The DOJ announced the arrest of Kevin S. Murdock of Premier Medical Laboratory Services in Greenville, S.C. for fraud. The charges include health care fraud and conspiracy to commit health care fraud. According to the 16-count indictment, Murdock conspired with Thomas C. Lee and Vidhya V. Narayanan who were employees of the company. This Greenville

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Reimbursement Matters

Medicare changed the rules for paying skilled nursing facilities in hopes of reducing waste, fraud, and abuse. Instead of rewarding therapy volume, the new payment model placed more weight on patient diagnoses and clinical complexity. That was the intent. A recent Forbes piece highlights what happened next: facilities began coding residents as having more illnesses

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