tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2013 Issue 3

Risk Management: Tighten Up Background Checks And Avoid Audit Scrutiny

Stricter requirements put HHAs under scrutiny. Home Health Agencies are in the limelight for all the wrong reasons. Increased media attention and lawmakers’ renewed interest in strengthening background checks for health care staff is more than adequate incentive for you to be thorough while checking out new hires. Ohio is the latest state to adopt stricter criminal background check laws for home health agencies. Thanks to the Affordable Care Act’s provision to create a National Background Check Program for various providers — including HHAs and hospices — more and more states are opting to participate as they tighten...

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