Industry Note:
Hospice Forks Over $27K CMP For Excluded Employee
Published on Fri Feb 15, 2019
Make your employee background checks a priority, a recent HHS Office of Inspector General notice reminds providers. After it self-disclosed conduct to the OIG, Valley’s Best Hospice in Lancaster, California, agreed to pay $27,420 “for allegedly violating the Civil Monetary Penalties Law,” the OIG says on its website. “OIG alleged that VBH employed an individual that it knew or should [...]