Home Health & Hospice Week
OIG Focuses On COVID Test Fraud
The HHS Office of Inspector General didn’t concentrate only on home health and hospice fraud in its latest Semiannual Report to Congress (see HCW by AAPC, Vol. XXX, No. 21). The OIG “partnered with six federal OIGs to analyze COVID-19 testing, including the amounts paid by Medicare Part B for these tests,” explain attorneys with King & Spalding in online legal analysis. The culmination of the OIGs’ work, the Federal COVID-19 Testing Report, offers a thorough outline of the factors that impacted national testing issues from lack of actual tests to changing Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidelines to health equity problems. Find the brief at www.pandemicoversight.gov/media/file/federal-covid-19-testing-report-data-insights-six-federal-health-care-programs. Review the Semiannual Report at https://oig.hhs.gov/reports-and-publications/archives/semiannual/2021/2021-spring-sar.pdf.
Home Health & Hospice Week
- Labor Law:
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HHA Settles Pay Dispute For $85K
A Massachusetts home health agency has agreed to fork over more than $85,000 to settle [...] - Industry Notes:
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If you’ve had to pay higher wages to attract aides, you are not alone. A [...] - Industry Notes:
Aides Plead Guilty To Medicaid Fraud
States continue to crack down on Medicaid personal care services fraud. In Missouri, the state’s [...] - Industry Notes:
OIG Focuses On COVID Test Fraud
The HHS Office of Inspector General didn’t concentrate only on home health and hospice fraud [...]
