Home Health & Hospice Week

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Accrediting Body Fell Down On The Job, OIG Says

Accreditation, which gives home health agencies a virtual exemption from alternative sanctions, is under fire from the HHS Office of Inspector General. In a recent review, the OIG found that the Community Health Accreditation Program failed to find numerous deficiencies, many related to human resources, when it surveyed The Community Hospice Inc. in Rensselaer, N.Y. “Community did not meet certain [...]
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