Eli's Hospice Insider

Published on Mon Nov 17, 2014 PDF

GIP, ALF relationships top hospice hit list.

Watch for two OIG reports on HHAs to come out next year that could make your life harder.

The HHS Office of Inspector General plans to issue reports on two Medicare hospice topics in 2015, it says in its Work Plan for next year: assisted living facility relationships and general inpatient care (GIP). 

“ALF residents have the longest lengths of stay in hospice care,” the OIG notes in the Work Plan. “These long stays bear further monitoring and examination.”

Of GIP, the OIG notes that it will “review hospice medical records to address concerns that this level of hospice care is being misused.”

See more details in the Work Plan at http://go.usa.gov/7kXP.