Medicare and Medicaid programs; fraud and abuse--HHS. Final rule with comment period.
This final rule implements sections 2348 and 2370 of the Deficit Reduction Act respectively by limiting payment for services furnished to beneficiaries by a home health agency or hospice whose provider agreement has been terminated, and by expanding subpoena authority for civil monetary penalty hearings under Medicaid. In addition, this rule includes a series of technical changes to reflect the transfer of the responsibility for making fraud and abuse determinations from the Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) to the Department's Office of Inspector General (OIG).
D003415:Crime; D005607:Fraud; D006296:Health Services / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006300:Health Services Misuse / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006801:Humans; D008484:Medicaid / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006278:Medicare / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D014481:United States; D014483:United States Dept. of Health and Human Services