Hospice News November 15, 2022
The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) Office of the Inspector General (OIG) recently began to probe hospices in its initial phase of Provider Relief Fund (PRF) audits.
More than two years after the CARES Act established the $175 billion PRF, federal regulators are moving forward on audits that closely examine the ways that providers spent these dollars.
A sample of 30 hospice providers from various regions nationwide were included in the first phase, which followed a September OIG report indicating that the federal governments oversight of the program needed improvement.
OIG identified this first sample of providers based on location and the amounts of PRF payments they received, among other factors, according to Andrew Brenton, senior associate...
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