Home Health & Hospice Week
DOJ Announces New Fraud Strike Force Location
After adding a new Medicare Fraud Strike Force city just a few months ago, another one is coming online. The Department of Justice added a Strike Force team in the Philadelphia area this summer (see Eli’s HCW, Vol. XXVII, No. 30). The next one is actually a regional team covering the Appalachia area and will be based out of both Nashville, Tennessee, and Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky, the OIG says in a release. Difference: However, the new team will focus on illegal opioid prescriptions, the OIG indicates. The mission of the Appalachian Regional Prescription Opioid Strike Force “is to identify and investigate health care fraud schemes in the Appalachian region and surrounding areas, and to effectively and efficiently prosecute medical professionals and others involved in the illegal prescription and distribution of opioids,” the DOJ says. The ARPO location joins the already existing Medicare Strike Force cities of Miami; Los Angeles; Detroit; Houston; Brooklyn, New York; Baton Rouge and New Orleans, Louisiana; Tampa, Florida; Chicago; and Dallas, along with a Corporate Strike Force in Washington, D.C., the DOJ says.
Home Health & Hospice Week
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HH PPS Final Rule With PDGM Payment Reform Is Out
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Your current and future patients will be able to take advantage of some new online [...] - Industry Note:
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A proposed rule regarding Medicare Advantage might pave the way for more telehealth in Medicare [...] - Industry Note:
DOJ Announces New Fraud Strike Force Location
After adding a new Medicare Fraud Strike Force city just a few months ago, another [...] - Industry Note:
Circle Back To These Incorrectly RTP'd Claims
A glitch hanging up home health and hospice claims in error has been fixed, but [...] - Industry Note:
Star Rating Info Available
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You Can Still Submit Electronic Cost Report Outside MCReF
If you weren’t quite ready to submit electronic cost reports to the Medicare Cost Report [...]
