Home Health & Hospice Week

Industry Note:

OIG Shines Spotlight On Miami Home Health Fraud Once Again

The HHS Office of Inspector General is trumpeting its success with its HEAT initiative in the home health arena. In its HHS-OIG FY 2014 Performance Budget Submission, the watchdog agency notes that in 2009 Medicare paid more than $977 million to home health agencies in the Miami area. More than half of these home health payments — $558 million — [...]
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