Is It About Fighting Fraud or Effort to Decrease Utilization

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) is testing a new initiative in effort to help cut down on fraud in Home Health Care industry. CMS will require home health providers in Illinois, Florida, Michigan, Massachusetts and Texas to send every claim to be reviewed in advance before Medicare will agree to pay them for services given to patients. Read article here….

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