Illinois Bill Could Outlaw Anonymous Complaints Against Nursing Homes
State Representative Mike Unes has sponsored a bill that would require callers with complaints against nursing homes to provide a name. The bill aims to weed out false reports, but ...

Hospices Overbilled Medicare by $268 Million in 2012
According to a report by the Health and Human Services’ Office of Inspector General, hospices overbilled Medicare by approximately $268 million in 2012. One of the common areas ...

Nursing Home Compare to Introduce Six New Rating Categories
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services officials announced that six new quality categories and measures will be introduced to better indicate the services offered by nursing ...

CMS Plans More Site Visits, Will Release Data Sets
The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services will be making more frequent site visits to Medicare-enrolled providers and suppliers, and will be releasing new data tools as well as ...

Lower Court Must Rule on Medicare’s Backlog of Claims
A federal appeals court has sent a lawsuit back to lower courts, forcing it to make a decision on the length of time it takes for the government to complete cases of denied Medicare ...

Leakage Takes Toll on U.S. Retirement Savings
A survey of 5,000 retirement plan participants has found that younger workers and those with balances of less than $20,000 are more likely to cash out on their 401(k) plans.
According ...

New Tax Fraud Protections Could Delay Refunds
A new initiative that unites the IRS, state authorities and the tax preparation industry in preventing identity theft will hopefully safeguard taxpayers against fraud—but it might ...

Eleven Banks Settle with Virginia Over Fraud Allegations
Eleven banks agreed to pay $63 million to settle allegations that they defrauded the Virginia Retirement System before the economic recession. It was the largest non-health care-related ...

Some Banks Adopt New Measures to Protect the Elderly
As a generation of aging Americans faces newfound risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease, some banks and credit unions are implementing new measures to prevent fraud-related elder ...

Illinois to Allow Monitoring Devices in Nursing Homes
In 2016, Illinois nursing homes will begin allowing families of nursing home residents to install video and audio recording devices in their loved ones’ rooms. These will hopefully ...