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Documentation, Background Checks On OIG's Hit List For HHAs This Year

Published on Fri Feb 07, 2014

HHAs bilk Medicare of $1 billion, OIG says. The OIG lists no new topics for HHAs in its 2014 Work Plan, but the watchdog agency does continue to list two ongoing areas of investigation: "Home health prospective payment system requirements" and "Employment of individuals with criminal convictions." The PPS topic looks into documentation supporting claims, the HHS Office of Inspector [...]
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