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Troutman Pepper Locke

HHS Sets Its Sights on $50B in Cost Savings: Medicare Payments to Nonhospice Providers Potentially Under Fire

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In May 2025, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) published a review, titled “Potential Cost Savings HHS Programs – HHS Actions,” which provided some insight into the OIG’s...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

CMS Finalizes 2020 Hospice Rule: Big Changes Coming

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On August 6, 2019, CMS finalized its 2020 hospice rule, including adopting, without substantial modification, two controversial and material changes to the hospice benefit: Rebasing payment rates to shift about $500...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Recent OIG Audits of Home Health and Hospice Surveys May Signal Increased Scrutiny on Worker Qualifications

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Recent audits by the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) conclude that state survey agencies in a number of states and a leading national accrediting agency serving the home health and...more

King & Spalding

OIG Report Recommends Reforms to Reduce Hospice Incentives to Provide Care in Assisted Living Facilities

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On January 14, 2015, OIG published a report that analyzes Medicare payments for hospice care in assisted living facilities (ALFs). OIG concluded that CMS should implement measures to reform Medicare payments to hospices,...more

Morgan Lewis

OIG Recommends Greater Scrutiny for Hospice Services in ALFs

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The OIG’s recently released study examining Medicare hospice claims from 2007 to 2012 calls for targeted reviews of hospices that receive a high proportion of their payments for care in assisted living facilities....more

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

The Game Plan for Health Care Enforcement: Office of Inspector General Releases 2015 Work Plan

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The Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) within the federal Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) is charged with protecting the integrity of HHS programs by combating fraud, abuse and waste. On Halloween of 2014,...more

McCarter & English, LLP

Health Law Insights Newsletter - April 2014

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In This Issue: - Federal Updates - State Updates - HIPAA Updates - Excerpt from Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Issues Guidance for Meaningful Use Hardship Exception: The Centers...more

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OIG 2014 Work Plan – Hospice

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This article represents another installment of a series of articles that will outline the OIG’s activities, as discussed in the 2014 work plan, for a specific industry sector – hospice. For 2014, the OIG’s activities...more

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