Hospice News January 26, 2026
The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) Office of the Inspector General (OIG) has identified hospice fraud among top management and performance challenges.
This is according to an annual document that OIG prepares, a statutory requirement that is designed to help HHS improve the effectiveness and efficiency of its operations. A major challenge for HHS is the “sizable” reduction in workforce and a slew of program changes instituted by the Trump Administration, the report indicated.
“Effectively managing a changing organizational and workforce environment is itself a significant management challenge,” OIG said in the report.
Other key challenges outlined in the report included recovery of improper payments, fighting fraud and battling chronic disease, among others.
OIG indicated that the...
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