Home Health & Hospice Week

The reporting deadline for Provider Relief Fund usage may be fuzzy, but you need to make sure you are staying diligent about recording the relevant data.

Why? The HHS Office of Inspector General has updated its Work Plan, adding PRF payments made to providers during Phases 1, 2, and 3 of the General Distribution to its audit to-do list, according to the summary for Active Item W-00-21-35873. With about $92 billion distributed over these three phases now under the federal watchdog’s microscope, providers have added incentive to get their ducks in a row.

“We will perform a series of audits … to determine whether payments were: (1) correctly calculated for providers that applied for these payments, (2) supported by appropriate and reasonable documentation, and (3) made to eligible providers,” the Work Plan summary explains at https://oig.hhs.gov/reports-and-publications/workplan/summary/wp-summary-0000587.asp.