Industry Notes:
OIG Keeps Pressure On Home Health, Hospice
Published on Fri Nov 21, 2014
Watchdog agency touts F2F as fraud prevention measure. Don’t expect to say goodbye to the headache-inducing face-to-face physician encounter requirement any time soon. In its latest “Top Management & Perform-ance Challenges” report, the HHS Office of In-spector General highlights home health as an area with high improper payment rates and a “known … fraud risk area.” The OIG pats itself [...]