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Are More Home Health Program Integrity Initiatives on the Horizon?

Home Health & Hospice /

(April 22, 2015): Late last month, the Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General (HHS-OIG) released its 2015 “Compendium of Unimplemented Recommendations” (Compendium). Published annually, the Compendium sets out the top 25 program integrity issues previously identified by HHS-OIG that are expected to “most positively impact HHS programs in terms of cost […]

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New Face-to-Face Requirements for Hospices and Home Health Agencies

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(May 8, 2011): Over the last year, both hospice and home health agencies have faced a number of regulatory challenges, including but not limited to the face-to-face issue. In many instances (including the new requirement discussed below), these regulatory changes have been implemented in an effort to better ensure that the services ordered are reasonable

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