Industry Note:
OIG Presses For Increased Physician Involvement In Hospice
Published on Fri Dec 01, 2017
Hospices gets their fair share of attention in the OIG's latest hit list, too. In addition to being labeled a high-fraud area, in the HHS Office of Inspector General's recent report on "Top Management and Performance Challenges," the OIG gives hospice payment as an example of "payment policies [that] create financial incentives that may drive up Medicare costs without improving [...]