Home Health Care News January 16, 2026
Jim Parker

The administrator of the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), Dr. Mehmet Oz, and other CMS officials narrowed in on home health and hospice fraud during recent meetings in Nevada and California.

Oz, CMS Chief Operating Officer Kimberly Brant and Director for Medicare Chris Klomp paid a visit to Nathan Adelson Hospice in Nevada and subsequently held a roundtable listening session with LeadingAge, the National Alliance for Care at Home, the National Partnership for Healthcare & Hospice Innovation (NPHI), the California Hospice & Palliative Care Association and about 15 hospice and home health providers.

The substance of the conversations focused on beefing up program integrity enforcement to weed out bad actors in the space.

“[CMS] was hearing about...

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