The IRF Nationwide Audit Could Reveal Prime Audit Targets

ICD10monitor April 10, 2024
Knicole C. Emanuel Esq.

Recently, I was emailed a question from, presumably, a listener of Monitor Mondays. He wanted to know whether I had commented on the nationwide audits on all Inpatient Rehabilitation facilities (IRFs) scheduled to occur this year.

Specifically, he asked whether “OIG’s (the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General) work plan (for) 2024 includes a national audit of IRFs. To what degree are there ‘known’ actions by OIG, and (do you have any) knowledge of any OIG IRF ‘movement’?”

I think that there are “knowns” in any OIG IRF audit. Just like it is a known that there was going to be a total solar eclipse earlier this week, depending on your location. IRFs provide intensive...

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