Home Health Care News August 10, 2022
Audits from the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services’ Office of Inspector General (HHS-OIG) can often catch home health agencies by surprise.
And after a slower audit period during the COVID-19 pandemic, experts told Home Health Care News that providers should expect a ramp-up in audits over the next year.
Battling that element of surprise will be key to getting through a successful audit process.
“Having a very healthy, robust compliance program that really challenges the health of a home health agency internally is a good way to be ready for when an outside entity, like the government, does the same,” Bryan Nowicki, a partner at Husch Blackwell, told HHCN.
Home health agencies should be at a place where...