At the top of three regulatory stories this week is one that appeared on the news wires just before this issue went to press. The Federal H.E.A.T. strike force, a joint effort of HHS, the FBI, the federal Department of Justice and the DEA, arrested 94 people so far in Miami, Baton Rouge, Detroit and Brooklyn. The number is expected to grow as more arrests are announced throughout the weekend.
In a related announcement, Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said that health care fraud fighters in the state of Florida will now have additional funding to help find potential fraud and abuse in the state’s Medicaid program through use of Medicaid claims data.
In a surprise announcement Monday, telephony vendor Sandata LLC (formerly Sandata Technologies Inc.) announced that it has agreed to acquire the home healthcare assets of Health Systems Solutions, Inc., the New York- and Florida-based software company that provides products such as VividNet, The Analyzer and benchmarking services from the former HQS.
The way most people store their signed and notarized Advance Directive (AD) documents makes it unlikely the documents will be at hand when needed. No one carries the document with them everywhere they go, nor is anyone standing near their home filing cabinet or bank safe deposit box when they come face to face with end of life decisions. On February 1, a new technology will be introduced to solve that problem.
After 30 years, Fred and Ellen Caruso are handing over the reins of the company they founded, Caruso Group International, to a new CEO. Fred Caruso will retire, Ellen will become a fulltime lobbyist, and Sarah Myers will move from Oregon to Denver to join the company as president and CEO.
LENEXA, KS — Mediware Information Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: MEDW) announced on November 24 that it will acquire Healthcare Automation Inc. (HAI) and its sister company Advantage Reimbursement Inc. (ARI).
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