Medicare: current audit & reimbursement issues.
Home care agencies have been under the Medicare microscope lately for issues of fraud; the Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) is retooling its audit process in light of this focus. HCFA is also reconsidering its policies on deductible costs of lobbying. What do agencies need to know about this and other issues to stay financially healthy?
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Center for Health Care Law, Washington DC, USA.
D014487:Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, U.S.; D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D005375:Financial Audit; D005607:Fraud / Q000517:prevention & control; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D018574:Home Care Agencies / Q000191:economics* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D008119:Lobbying; D006278:Medicare / Q000191:economics* / Q000639:trends; D026741:Physical Therapy Modalities / Q000191:economics; D012051:Reimbursement Mechanisms; D014481:United States