Home Health & Hospice Week

Compliance:

New OIG Advisory Opinion Could Help Chip Away At Aide Shortage

Watchdog agency gives green light to paying patients’ family members to become aides. The current staffing shortage is leading home care providers to get creative — but beware of too much creativity landing you in legal hot water. That’s what one unnamed home health agency company was worried about, and it sought an Advisory Opinion from the HHS Office of [...]
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