Medina hospice center opens

Medina County’s only dedicated, freestanding inpatient center for end-of-life care has opened in Granger Township.

Hospice company accused of ripping off Medicare

WASHINGTON — A national hospice company improperly cycled patients through nursing homes and hospices with a goal of making as much profit as possible from Medicare, according to a whistle-blower lawsuit announced this week. Federal attorneys also sued the company, AseraCare, alleging that it milked Medicare’s hospice benefit by pressuring its employees to admit people into hospices who weren’t ...

National hospice company accused of fraud

A national hospice company improperly cycled patients through nursing homes and hospice with a goal of making as much profit as possible from Medicare, according to a whistleblower lawsuit announced this week.

Visiting nurse veteran to retire

Carol Plumb, executive director of Franklin Visiting Nurse Association & Hospice, is retiring after almost 20 years with the agency. Plumb joined the Visiting Nurse Association in 1993 and had previously worked at New England Baptist Hospital for 24 years. Plumb's first five years with the Visiting Nurse Association were spent as the home care clinical manager, supervising the staff nurses and ...

Lawsuit alleges hospice co. improperly pushed patients through nursing homes; N.Y. prosecutor investigates hospital ...

Kaiser Health News reports that a lawsuit unsealed this week alleges that a national hospice company committed Medicare fraud by improperly cycling patients through nursing homes. In the meantime, a N.Y. prosecutor is investigating a hospital's management practices.