Fraud & Abuse:
CMS Flexes Its Moratorium Muscle With HHAs First
Published on Fri Aug 02, 2013
Miami, Chicago hit with freeze on new agencies. Two years after finalizing its power to impose a temporary moratorium on Medicare pro-vider enrollment in high-risk fraud areas, CMS is using the authority for the first time. And to no one’s surprise, the home care industry is serving as the guinea pig. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has imposed [...]