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HHA Pays OIG High 5 Figures For Employing Excluded Aide

Published on Fri Jun 30, 2023

A routine search of Medicare’s excluded individuals could potentially save you tens of thousands of dollars. That’s the lesson learned by Professional Home Health Care 2 Inc. in Dayton, Ohio. The agency agreed to pay more than $77,000 to resolve allegations “that Professional 2 employed an individual who was excluded from participating in any Federal health care program,” the HHS [...]
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