The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that it would postpone the initiation of the CMS Pre-Claim Review Demonstration for Home Health Services (the “Demonstration”) in Florida, which was scheduled to...more
The US Department of Justice announced that Khaled Elbeblaswy, the former owner and manager three Miami-area home health agencies, was sentenced to 20 years in prison and ordered to pay $36.4 million in restitution for his...more
9/9/2016
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The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that it will once again extend the moratorium on the enrollment of new home health agencies, branch locations and subunits in certain metropolitan areas of...more