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Hospices May Be Next on the Feds' Target List

Published on Tue Sep 04, 2018

Prepare for these actions focused on GIP, nursing facility patients, and more. The OIG has issued a fraud-fighting wish list for hospices, and many of the recommendations would make life much harder for legitimate providers. A new report from the HHS Office of Inspector General (OIG), “Vulnerabilities in the Medicare Hospice Program Affect Quality Care and Program Integrity: An OIG [...]
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