Home Health & Hospice Week
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GAO Pushes HHA Surety Bonds In Senate Hearing
Published on Fri May 23, 2014
Will CMS cave to pressure?
You’ll have one more cost and regulatory requirement, if a government watchdog agency gets its way.
The Affordable Care Act authorized the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to require surety bonds for high risk providers, including home health agencies, the Government Accountability Office said in a May 20 Senate hearing on preventing and recouping improper Medicare payments. But CMS has not yet proposed a rule for the requirement.
HHA surety bonds “could improve screening and ultimately reduce improper payments,” GAO health director Kathleen King said in prepared testimony.
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