Home Health & Hospice Week

Fraud & Abuse:

OIG Pushes HHA Surety Bond Requirement — Again

Watchdog agency isn’t letting this recommendation go. A major home health agency burden nearly tops the latest list of fraud-fighting recommendations from the HHS Office of Inspector General. In its “2018 Solutions to Reduce Fraud, Waste, and Abuse in HHS Programs: Top Unimplemented Recommendations” report, the OIG urges the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to “implement the statutory mandate [...]
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