tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2017 Issue 11

Compliance: Fraud and Abuse: OIG Targets Opioid Abuse, Home Health, and Children's Health

Tip: Watch your early discharge rates. The OIG makes scores of recommendations every year, advising Medicare providers and payers to tighten up documentation, correct diagnosis errors, or implement other programs. On May 17, the agency released its latest Compendium of Unimplemented Recommendations, which shares the top actions that the OIG believes HHS should have taken to save money and improve quality — but in many cases, these suggestions fell on deaf ears. Background: In the Compendium, the OIG covers a wide array of HHS programs, including Medicare, Medicaid, marketplaces, and health IT, says attorney Connor Duffy, Esq., with Robinson...

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