(Left)  A Family Member HomeCare CEO Brian Gauthier (center) visits with local seniors on financial issues. With Florida continuing to reject tens of millions of federal health care reform dollars meant to benefit senior citizens, while the state simultaneously garnered...

  The entire U.S. Department of Justice news release detailing this story is reprinted below . . .       Fraud offenders convicted in massive home healthcare case September 21, 2011   Nearly 50 doctors, nurses and other providers working...

Disabled-aid agency's new chief questions whether funding can sustain its mission By Christine Jordan Sexton, 9/21/2011 www.TheFloridaCurrent.com The Agency for Persons with Disabilities usually is under the microscope for financial reasons. Significant financial deficits and long waiting lists for waiver services have plagued APD since its inception...

Convened in July 2011 by Florida Governor Rick Scott after gut-wrenching reports of elder abuse and neglect at assisted living facilities throughout the State of Florida, Florida Governor Rick Scott's Assisted Living Workgroup will hold another public meeting on Friday, September 23, 2011 to continue its examination of the regulation and oversight...

Florida Governor Rick Scott's Commission on Review of Taxpayer Funded Hospital Districts is scheduled to meet on Tuesday, September 20, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration, (2727 Mahan Drive, Building 3, Conference Room “A”, Tallahassee, FL 32308 (map)https://www.flr​ules.org/gatewa​y/readFile.asp?​sid=6&tid=10371​451&type=1&File​=59.htm...

September 15, 2011 WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Herb Kohl, Chairman of the Senate Special Committee on Aging, has introduced legislation to address the unintended consequences of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) heightened scrutiny of pain medication prescribing practices in nursing homes across America. As a result of the DEA policy,...

New initiatives led by campaign to cut waste will save Medicaid waste and strengthen partnership with states to reduce improper unemployment insurance paymentsWASHINGTON – At the White House on September 14, 2011, Vice President Joe Biden convened a cabinet meeting to discuss waste reduction at federal agencies as part of the administration’s...

To go to this story on the HHS Web site, click here. On September 12, 2011, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius Secretary Kathleen Sebelius proposed new rules that would expand the rights of patients to access their health information through the use of health information technology (IT). Specifically, the...

HEALTH CARE Maxim to Pay $150 Million Fine for Health Care Fraud by Maggie Fox Updated: September 12, 2011 | 3:14 p.m. September 12, 2011 | 2:58 p.m. Maxim, a company that provides help from licensed nurses to home health aides, has admitted to $61 million worth of federal...

Rules finalized last year empower patients to designate their own visitors, including same-sex partners On September 7, 2011, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced new guidance to support enforcement of rules that protect hospital patients’ right to choose their own visitors during a hospital stay, including a visitor...

To Register for this Tuesday, September 6 (7:00 PM - 8:00 PM EDT) Complimentary Webinar on Choosing Home Care from the National Association for Home Care and Hospice, click here. The webinar, "A Basic Primer in Home Care," will help families learn how they can "choose home" for...

Biometrics speed admissions and reduce mistakes while cutting fraud and ID theft Yadira Suarez has her palm scanned during registration at Memorial Regional Hospital Miramar on Thursday. She was at the hospital with Jesus Gonzalez to deliver her twin babies. (Amy Beth Bennett,...