Home Health & Hospice Week

Industry Note:

OIG Work Plan Goes Relatively Easy On Home Care

Home health and hospice providers have a smaller than usual role in the HHS Office of Inspector General’s latest annual Work Plan. For home health: The OIG lists “Home health prospective payment system requirements” as its sole HHA topic. The watchdog agency cites a “prior OIG report [that] found that one in four home health agencies (HHAs) had questionable billing.” [...]
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