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OIG Mulls Penalizing More Early Hospital Discharges To Home Care

Published on Fri Jun 04, 2021

Expect the payment penalty for early hospital discharges to home health agencies to expand, if the HHS Office of Inspector General gets its way. The OIG has added the topic to its Work Plan. “We will determine how the hospital transfer policy for early discharges to postacute care (PAC) would financially affect Medicare and hospitals if it were expanded to [...]
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