tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2012 Issue 18

Home Health Compliance: Are You Prepared To Cough Up $100K?

Failure to cross-check OIG exclusion list can hit you where it hurts the most -- in your pocket.Two home care providers are ruing not having looked up the background of their employees before hire. Unfortunately these employees turned out to be on the OIG's. See how you can avoid making the same mistake.Paying the government tens of thousands of dollars is the hard penalty these home care providers had to face this summer, according to information newly posted to the OIG's website. Cooperative Home Care in Missouri agreed to pay $121,010 for employing an individual that...

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