Industry Notes:
Hospices Need Increased Physician Involvement, OIG Warns
Published on Wed Dec 06, 2017
Hospices do important work, which is why they aren't exempt from scrutiny, the OIG's latest hit list suggests. In addition to being labeled a high-fraud area, in the HHS Office of Inspector General's recent report on "Top Management and Performance Challenges," the OIG gives hospice payment as an example of "paymentpolicies [that] create financial incentives that may drive up Medicare [...]