Industry Note:
OIG Calls For Medicare Contractors To Get Tougher On Hospice Fraud
Published on Wed Dec 30, 2015
The HHS Office of Inspector General is keeping hospice fraud on its radar. “In the past year, OIG launched an initiative to combat hospice fraud in regions identified as areas of particular concern,” HHS says in its recent 2015 Annual Financial Report. “Fraud schemes shift over time, but certain Medicare services have been consistent targets,” HHS notes in the report. [...]