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The services consist of: (1) providing shelter (i.e., group homes, maternity group homes, host family homes, and supervised apartments); (2) a service coordination plan that refers youths experiencing homelessness to social services, law enforcement, educational services, vocational training, child welfare, legal services, affordable child care ...
- Work Plan
The OIG Work Plan sets forth various projects including OIG...
- Work Plan
The OIG Work Plan sets forth various projects including OIG audits and evaluations that are underway or planned to be addressed during the fiscal year and beyond by OIG's Office of Audit Services and Office of Evaluation and Inspections.
Wound care has repeatedly been identified by CMS, the Office of Inspector General (OIG), and Medicare contractors as an area potentially subject to fraud and abuse. In its 2005 to 2007 3,4 and 2017 5 Work Plans, the OIG expressed concern that claims submitted by wound care centers for debridement were not medically necessary.
Wound care professionals should conduct monthly internal audits of their business processes.
23 sty 2017 · Once again, wound care in a variety of settings appears on the OIG Work Plan. Hospital outpatient wound care departments are included on this year’s OIG Work Plan and should pay serious attention to the pertinent 2017 OIG Work Plan items and goals.
The Work Plan will help you to identify corporate compliance risk areas that you should audit and for which you should create/upgrade policies. Be sure to read the document and take a proactive approach by conducting internal audits to identify areas of improvement that you can make before you receive an external audit.
Wound care providers should do everything possible to prevent becoming a target for OIG investigations, which will surely keep them up at night. The best way to get a good night’s sleep is to follow the most current coding, payment, coverage, and documentation regulations that pertain to your busine …
