tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2004 Issue 25

HOME HEALTH: HHAs Getting Burned On Homebound Status

Two crucial homebound documentation areas keep tripping up HHAs. Homebound status might be the HHS Office of Inspector General's newest favorite target for home health agencies -- but are home health agencies ready for the scrutiny? The Visiting Nurse Association of Central Pennsylvania agreed to pay $685,000 and enter a five-year corporate integrity agreement as part of a settlement with the OIG over homebound problems. "The agency allegedly billed for home care nursing services provided to patients without properly assessing and/or reporting the homebound status of the patients as required by Medicare," the OIG says in its...

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