Numotion Welcomes Chief Human Resources Officer Andrea Dedrick
Andrea Dedrick
Numotion has added Andrea Dedrick to its leadership team.
Dedrick is the national provider’s new chief human resources officer and brings more than 25 years of experience in medtech.
Numotion said in describing Dedrick’s experiences, “She is recognized for enabling business growth through organizational transformation, strong leadership capability, and people strategies that support execution in complex, evolving environments. As chief human resources officer, Andrea partners closely with senior leaders to align talent, leadership and organizational strategies with business priorities, supporting growth, innovation, and long-term sustainability.”
In previous positions, Dedrick has developed and overseen large human resources teams and has supported a wide range of divisions, including sales, service, product, technology, and supply chain.
CMS Expands Enrollment Moratorium to Medicare Home Health, Hospice
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has instituted moratoria on new Medicare enrollment for home health agencies (HHA) and hospices.
The news, announced May 13, follows CMS’s Feb. 25 moratorium on enrollment of new Medicare durable medical equipment (DME) suppliers, including those providing Complex Rehab Technology.
As with the DME moratorium, the pause on enrolling new home health and hospice providers will last six months, according to the announcement, which cited Vice President JD Vance’s anti-fraud task force.
“The moratoria will allow CMS to temporarily halt the influx of new providers into these high-risk categories — a key source of fraudulent activity,” the announcement said. “Today’s move continues the Trump administration’s crackdown on fraud, waste and abuse in the Medicare program by stopping improper billing and preventing bad actors from entering the system.”
During the six-month pause on new provider enrollments, “CMS will intensify targeted investigations, deploy advanced data analytics, and accelerate the removal of hospice and HHA providers from the Medicare program that are suspected of committing fraud. This nationwide approach will also eliminate the ability of bad actor operators to evade detection by simply shifting across state lines. In addition, the moratoria will apply to all applications for initial Medicare enrollment and certain changes in majority ownership, which are frequently used to obscure control by bad actors.”
CMS said currently enrolled HHAs and hospices will not be affected.
The announcement noted that CMS recently suspended Medicare payments to “773 hospices and 23 HHAs suspected of fraud in Los Angeles alone, representing $70 million in suspended funds thus far.”
“We’ve seen systemic and deeply troubling fraud in the hospice and home health space, with bad actors exploiting some of our most vulnerable Medicare patients and stealing money from the American taxpayer,” said CMS Administrator Mehmet Oz, M.D. “Today we’re shutting the door on fraud — preventing new bad actors from entering Medicare while we aggressively identify, investigate, and remove those already exploiting them. This is about protecting patients, restoring integrity, and safeguarding taxpayer dollars.”
