Home Health & Hospice Week

Surveys & Certification:

Expect To See CMPs, Pay Suspensions Handed Down More Often For Condition-Level Deficiencies — Maybe A Lot More Often

Whether it’s called an alternative sanction or an enforcement remedy, it can close agencies’ doors quickly. While officially on the books, the survey consequences of civil money penalties and payment suspensions have been scarce as hen’s teeth, especially for hospices. That’s likely to change thanks to new survey guidance — and soon. On May 3, the Centers for Medicare & [...]
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