Storm clouds loom on legal horizon
Storm clouds loom on legal horizon
Two high-profile legal cases involving a Georgia hospice and a North Carolina home health agency and hospice are described inside this issue of Hospice Management Advisor. On p. 58, we tell you about a hospice management company that has been ordered to pay over $700,000 for an unauthorized organ donation in a lawsuit brought by the patient's widow. Also, we provide coverage of a North Carolina agency that spent 21¼2 years in court contesting a fraud investigation search warrant that three different courts ruled was obtained with "at least reckless disregard for the truth" by investigators. These two stories are offered as illustrations of the new legal landscape in which hospice must operate, and the growing need for solid risk management and compliance plans.
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