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Once Again, OIG Reverses Nearly Half Of Its Noncompliant Determinations In HHA Audit

Published on Fri May 07, 2021

Unqualified medical reviewers, ‘rule of thumb’ usage contested. The latest audit in the HHS Office of Inspector General’s home health agency focus area shows why it pays to push back on the watchdog agency’s findings. The OIG’s “independent medical review contractor” sampled and reviewed 100 claims from Visiting Nurse Association of Maryland in Baltimore. The audit covered claims from 2015 [...]
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