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OIG Green Lights Introductory Visits For Home Health

Published on Fri Sep 11, 2015

The catch: Visit must occur after referral. You may want to reconsider your admissions process, based on a recent HHS Office of Inspector General advisory opinion. Last month, the OIG gave its stamp of approval to a home health agency furnishing nonmedical “introductory visits.” The scenario: As laid out in the HHA’s letter requesting OIG approval, a hospital discharge planner [...]
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