I am penning this at the airport this morning as I head to the National Alliance for Care at Home conference in Washington, D.C. I hope I see some of you there. Please do say hello if you spot me, and I am always looking for people to interview if you’re interested. I am looking forward to seeing some of your faces.
Speaking of conferences, Holly Vossel and I have been hard at work planning our ELEVATE conference for March 2027. We have an agenda set, and now we are lining up speakers. Please shoot me an email if you are interested in appearing, and we can discuss it.
This year for ELEVATE we are teaming up with our friends at Home Health Care News for a combined event that will cover the range of home-based care. Collaborating with Morgan Gonalez and MK Manoylov from HHCN has been fun.
In the news, the U.S. Justice Department led an operation to arrest 15 individuals for healthcare fraud in California on Friday. This included six who are accused of hospice fraud.
As scammers continue to operate largely unchecked, this is encouraging to see. Here, we law enforcement going after the specific individuals allegedly responsible for these unethical and unlawful activities.
This stands in contrast to other regulatory developments that feel more like a sledgehammer than a laser, such as the six-month moratoria on home health and hospice enrollment or rashes of payment suspensions due to live discharges.
We need to see more arrests like these, targeted actions that hold the right people accountable that don’t penalize the entire hospice community. Do you agree? Drop a comment.
Hi, Jim, see you in DC!