Home Health & Hospice Week

Fraud & Abuse:

OIG Shines Spotlight On Home Care Fraud

Watchdog agency profiles Texas, Florida cases. The feds continue to paint home care with a broad fraud brush, as evidenced by the OIG’s latest Semiannual Report to Congress. “Home- and community-based services, including home health care and hospice services, can be particularly susceptible to fraud and abuse,” the HHS Office of Inspector General says in the newly released report. “OIG, [...]
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