Home Health & Hospice Week

Industry Notes:

Recoupments To Hit Hospitals For DRG Payments That Were Supposed To Be Prorated For Home Health DCs

You may notice a chilling effect on hospital discharges to home health, following a new OIG report focusing on Medicare’s Post-Acute Care Transfer Policy. Reminder: Last summer, the HHS Office of Inspector General noted that it would be investigating this issue yet again (see HHHW by AAPC, Vol. XXXI, No. 25). The watchdog agency wants to make sure no full [...]
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