Fraud & Abuse:
560 HHAs, 4,500 Docs Land On OIG's Red Flag List
Published on Fri Jun 24, 2016
Medicare uses 5 data measures to identify providers for scrutiny. If you serve a lot of patients with a primary diagnosis of diabetes or hypertension, you may have wound up on the feds’ radar. Why? In a new report, the HHS Office of Inspector General identifies five characteristics commonly found in OIG-investigated cases of home health fraud — high percentage [...]