HHS OIG REPORT on Abuse and Neglect (June 2019)

Is your board ready to handle greater compliance scrutiny?

The “Identifying Potential Abuse or Neglect” report demonstrates that the OIG’s interest in safeguarding vulnerable populations has expanded to ALL Medicare services. In combination with recommendations from the July 2019 Hospice Safeguards report, home health and hospice agencies may want to proactively assess their policies for abuse reporting and how they might use data from the report.