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OIG Puts Hospices In Yet Another Hot Seat
Published on Fri Mar 31, 2023
As if hospices haven’t taken enough heat, a federal watchdog agency has dedicated a new “Featured Topics” webpage to the industry. “Hospice care is meant to provide terminally ill patients and their families with great comfort, but [the HHS Office of Inspector General] has identified problems in the hospice program that have put patients at risk,” the OIG says in [...]