Home Health & Hospice Week

Industry Note:

Just In Time For The Holidays, OIG Bumps Up Nominal Gift Cap Amount

It may be too late for this year’s holiday gifts, but you’ve got a bit more room under the “nominal value” cap for gift spending to Medicare beneficiaries. In a policy statement released Dec. 7, the HHS Office of Inspector General notes that “Congress expressed its intent that inexpensive gifts of nominal value be permitted” to Medicare beneficiaries. In 2002, [...]
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