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1 FEDERAL AND NYS TARGETED RISK AREAS FOR HOME HEALTH AGENCIES AND COMPLIANCE STRATEGIES HCA Corporate Compliance Symposium Albany, New York October 1, 2014 Connie A. Raffa, J.D., LL.M. Partner Arent Fox LLP - New York, NY Washington, DC Los Angeles, CA San Francisco, CA Raffa 2014

2 HIGHLIGHTS OF KEY AUDIT ISSUES FOR HOME HEALTH AGENCIES WHAT ARE THE ISSUES CURRENTLY BEING REVIEWED BY? 1. Office of the Inspector General 2. Recovery Audit Contractors 3. Office of the Medical Inspector 4. How to Respond to Gov t 5. Civil Money Penalties, False Claims Act, ACA & O/P Laws HOME HEALTH AGENCIES AND COMPLIANCE STRATEGIES Raffa 20142

3 Medicare Home Health Coverage Criteria 42 CFR The beneficiary must be confined to the home. Under the care of a physician while the home health services are furnished. In need of skilled services (Nursing, PT, ST or continuing OT). On a part-time or intermittent basis (Maximum 8 hours/day totaling 28 and up to 35 hours per week). A plan of care has been established and is periodically reviewed by the patient s physician. HOME HEALTH AGENCIES AND COMPLIANCE STRATEGIES Raffa 20143

4 Home Health Issues Being Audited Eligibility Criteria (homebound, skilled service parttime or intermittent basis, care of physician). Plan of Care (verbal and written orders must be signed and dated by physician before billing). Face-to-Face (completed, technical requirements and timely) Lack of valid orders; no stamped signatures. Physical Therapy Visits LUPA plus 1 & 13/19. Documentation does not support medical necessity. Duplicate billing by 2 providers for same date of services. Excluded individuals and providers. HOME HEALTH AGENCIES AND COMPLIANCE STRATEGIES Raffa 20144

5 MLN MM8444 Confined to the Home Criteria 1 - Patient must either: a. Because of illness or injury need aid of supportive devices; use of special transportation; or assistance of another to leave the home; OR b. Have a condition such that leaving the home is medially contraindicated. AND Criteria 2 - a. There must exist a normal inability to leave home; AND b. Leaving home must require a considerable and taxing effort. HOME HEALTH AGENCIES AND COMPLIANCE STRATEGIES Raffa 20145

6 Face 2 Face 42 C.F.R MLN SE 1219 A Physician s Guide to Medicare Home Health Certification and F2F Encounter Education/Medicare-Learning-Network- MLN/MLNMattersArticles/downloads/SE1219.pdf Home Health F2F Encounter Questions & Answers Revised 5/9/14 Service-Payment/HomeHealthPPS/Downloads/Home- Health-Questions-Answers.pdf HOME HEALTH AGENCIES AND COMPLIANCE STRATEGIES Raffa 20146

7 OIG 2014 Medicare Home Health Work Plan Home Health Prospective Payment System Requirements Billing and Payments. We will review compliance with various aspects of the home health prospective payment system (PPS), including the documentation required in support of the claims paid by Medicare. We will determine whether home health claims were paid in accordance with Federal laws and regulations. Context A prior OIG report found that one in four HHAs had questionable billing. Further, CMS designated newly enrolling HHAs as high-risk providers, citing their record of fraud, waste, and abuse. Since 2010, nearly $1 billion in improper Medicare payments and fraud has been identified relating to the home health benefit. HOME HEALTH AGENCIES AND COMPLIANCE STRATEGIES Raffa 20147

8 OIG 2014 Medicare Home Health Work Plan Employment of Individuals With Criminal Convictions Quality of Care and Safety. We will determine the extent to which home health agencies (HHAs) are complying with State requirements for conducting criminal background checks on HHA applicants and employees. Context A previous OIG review found that 92 percent of nursing homes employed at least one individual with at least one criminal conviction; however, this review could not determine whether the nursing home employees should have been disqualified from working in nursing homes because OIG did not have access to detailed information on the nature of the employees' crimes. Federal law requires that HHAs comply with all applicable State and local laws and regulations. Nearly all States have laws prohibiting certain health-care-related entities from employing individuals with prohibited criminal convictions. HOME HEALTH AGENCIES AND COMPLIANCE STRATEGIES Raffa 20148

9 OIG 2014 Medicaid Home Health Work Plan Home Health Services Provider and Beneficiary Eligibility Billing and Payments. We will review HHA claims to State Medicaid programs to determine whether the billing providers met applicable criteria to provide home health services to Medicaid beneficiaries. We will also determine whether the beneficiaries met the criteria to receive such services. Context Medicaid home health services providers must meet standards and conditions of participation, many of which relate to quality of care and safety of beneficiaries, such as a minimum number of professional staff, proper licensing and certification, review of service plans of care, and proper authorization and documentation of provided services. Services are provided to a beneficiary at the beneficiary's place of residence and on a physician's orders as part of a written care plan that the physician reviews every 60 days. The care must include intermittent (not fulltime) skilled nursing care and may include physical therapy or speech-language pathology services. HOME HEALTH AGENCIES AND COMPLIANCE STRATEGIES Raffa 20149

10 OIG 2014 Medicaid Home Health Work Plan Home Health Services Screenings of Health Care Workers Quality of Care and Safety. We will review healthscreening records of Medicaid home health agency (HHA) health care workers to determine whether they were screened in accordance with Federal and State requirements. Context Health screenings for home health care workers include vaccinations such as those for hepatitis and influenza. HHAs provide health care services to Medicaid beneficiaries while the home health care workers are visiting beneficiaries' homes. HHAs must operate and provide services in compliance with all applicable Federal, State, and local laws and regulations and with accepted standards that apply to personnel providing services within such an agency. HOME HEALTH AGENCIES AND COMPLIANCE STRATEGIES Raffa

11 OIG 2013 Home Health Work Plan OIG will review compliance with the Home Health Face-to-Face requirement. OIG will determine extent to which HHAs are complying with State requirements of criminal background checks of employees. OIG will review the timeliness of HHA recertification and complaint surveys conducted by State Survey Agencies and Accreditation Organizations, their outcomes and follow up to complaints. OIG will review Outcome and Assessment Information Set (OASIS) data to identify payments for episodes for which OASIS data were not submitted or the billing codes on the claims are inconsistent with OASIS data. HOME HEALTH AGENCIES AND COMPLIANCE STRATEGIES Raffa

12 OIG 2013 Home Health Work Plan (cont d) OIG will also identify the number of States that violate Federal regulations by inappropriately restricting eligibility for home health services to homebound recipients. OIG will review activities of CMS contractors to identify and prevent improper home health payments. OIG will review compliance with various aspects of PPS. OIG will review cost report data to analyze HHA revenue and expense trends under the home health PPS to determine whether the payment methodology should be adjusted. HOME HEALTH AGENCIES AND COMPLIANCE STRATEGIES Raffa

13 Medicare RAC Performant Recovery HHA Issues 1. After 3 rd episode, examine need for Skilled Nursing Services. 2. Dependent services, such as aide, are not covered for a patient who no longer needs a skilled service. 3. Review of therapy claims reaching $3,700 threshold for PT and SLP combined, and/or $3,700 for OT. 4. HHA PPS Medicare does not make separate payments for therapies services, & DME supplies bundled in HHA PPS. HOME HEALTH AGENCIES AND COMPLIANCE STRATEGIES Raffa

14 OIG Home Health Risk Areas The OIG has identified 31 Risk Areas for home health agencies - footnotes Department of Health & Human Services Office of the Inspector General Compliance Program Guidance for Home Health Agencies 8/7/98 HOME HEALTH AGENCIES AND COMPLIANCE STRATEGIES Raffa

15 Home Health OIG Risk Areas Risk 1: Billing for services or items not actually rendered. Strategy: Double-check time sheet and/or clinical documentation prior to billing, i.e. clinical staff, home health and personal care aides. Communication procedures between clinical and billing to ensure billing occurs only after documentation exists and has been reviewed. Billing and Clinical departments cross train. HOME HEALTH AGENCIES AND COMPLIANCE STRATEGIES Raffa

16 Home Health OIG Risk Areas Risk 2: Billing for medically unnecessary services. OIG defines medically unnecessary services as services not warranted by the patient s current and documented medical condition. Claims include certification that services billed are medically necessary for the health of the beneficiary & rendered pursuant to signed physician orders. Strategy: OASIS, plan of care (485), and clinical record documentation must agree as to the medical necessity of the services provided, and patient s clinical status. Discrepancies lead to recoupment. Ongoing OASIS training for nurses conducting assessments. HOME HEALTH AGENCIES AND COMPLIANCE STRATEGIES Raffa

17 Home Health OIG Risk Areas Risk 3: Duplicate billing Submitting the same claim twice. Submitting a claim for the same services to different payors at the same time. Mistake vs. systemic or repeated double billing. Computer issues. Strategy: Ensure software prevents double billing. Train billing personnel. Denial from primary payor prior to billing secondary payor. HOME HEALTH AGENCIES AND COMPLIANCE STRATEGIES Raffa

18 Home Health OIG Risk Areas Risk 4: False Cost Reports Issues to Consider: Related Party / Prudent Buyer. Ghost Employees Salary and Benefits. Home Office Allocations. Shared Employees Among Different Entities. Discharge Planning vs. Patient Coordination. Public Relations (related to patient care) vs. Marketing (increase utilization). Shifting of costs due to reimbursement caps. HOME HEALTH AGENCIES AND COMPLIANCE STRATEGIES Raffa

19 Home Health OIG Risk Areas Risk 4: False Cost Reports Strategy: Check payroll roster against active employees. Make sure all costs are allowable costs. Audit allowable vs. non-allowable costs, for example public relations vs. marketing. Disclose related organizations and see if deminimis exception applies. If it does not, reduce costs on cost report. Certification HOME HEALTH AGENCIES AND COMPLIANCE STRATEGIES Raffa

20 Home Health OIG Risk Areas Risk 5: Failure to Refund Credit Balances to Medicare or Other Payor Sources Provider paid twice for the same service - by the same payor or two different payors. Billing based on a proposed schedule vs. actual clinic note (services planned but not performed). Strategy: Policies and procedures to identify credit balances and promptly return any overpayments to the appropriate payor source. Train billing personnel. HOME HEALTH AGENCIES AND COMPLIANCE STRATEGIES Raffa

21 Home Health OIG Risk Areas Risk 6: Incentives to Referral Sources. Home Health Agency incentives to actual or potential referral sources (e.g., physicians, hospitals, patients, etc.) that may violate the antikickback statute or other similar Federal or State statutes or regulations. HOME HEALTH AGENCIES AND COMPLIANCE STRATEGIES Raffa

22 Federal and State Anti-Kickback Laws Risk 6: Incentives to Referral Sources. Prohibits, among other things, remuneration in return for ordering, or for arranging for or recommending the purchase or order of, any item for which payment may be made in whole or in part under a Federal healthcare financing program. 42 U.S.C. 1320a-7B(b) Strategy: Request OIG Advisory Opinion HOME HEALTH AGENCIES AND COMPLIANCE STRATEGIES Raffa

23 Federal and State Anti-Kickback Law Risk 6: Incentives to Referral Sources. Strategy: Comply with Federal safe harbor for 25 different business relationships. For example, safe harbors for space rental, personal service and management contracts, equipment rental, referral services, discounts, employees, group purchasing organizations, investment interests, warranties, waiver of beneficiary co-insurance and deductibles, electronic and health records items and services, etc. All of the safe harbors can be found in 42 C.F.R HOME HEALTH AGENCIES AND COMPLIANCE STRATEGIES Raffa

24 Compliance Strategies: Avoid Kickbacks Referral Issues: Providing staff, rental payments, meals and entertainment, training, or back-up staff to referral sources. Disguising referral fees as salaries to physicians, or paying for services not rendered or in excess of FMV. Providing payments to entities or individuals to refer patients. Providing services for free or reduced rate to the patient, or potential patient/family. Providers agreeing to provide referrals to each other. HOME HEALTH AGENCIES AND COMPLIANCE STRATEGIES Raffa

25 Compliance Strategies: Avoid Kickbacks Aides referring patients in exchange for hiring/bonus. Providing hospitals with discharge planners disguised as home care liaisons to induce referrals. See OIG Special Fraud Alert Home Health Fraud at: html HOME HEALTH AGENCIES AND COMPLIANCE STRATEGIES Raffa

26 Compliance Strategies: Legal Considerations Marketing Practices Under Anti-Kickback Law: Free items or services contingent on purchases, or on access to referral base Grants Travel, entertainment, gifts Free consultants Continuing education Offers of non-covered services, i.e., grocery shopping or housekeeping to potential patients HOME HEALTH AGENCIES AND COMPLIANCE STRATEGIES Raffa

27 Compliance Strategies: Legal Considerations Strategy: Marketing Practices Market what you do. Have scripts for problematic situations. Train staff to know kickback risks. Don t exaggerate, and don t dump on the competition. Back-up your quality measures. Welcome compliance officer review. Audit your marketers and their accounts. HOME HEALTH AGENCIES AND COMPLIANCE STRATEGIES Raffa

28 Home Health OIG Risk Areas Risk 7: Joint ventures between parties, one of whom can refer Medicare or Medicaid business to the other. In the Compliance Guidance, OIG discusses joint ventures between physicians and entities providing health services. Alert on Joint Ventures html HOME HEALTH AGENCIES AND COMPLIANCE STRATEGIES Raffa

29 Home Health OIG Risk Areas Risk 8: Stark physician self-referral law. Physician ownership of home health agency (designated health services - DHS). DHS include clinical laboratory services, physical, occupational and speech therapy, radiology services, DME and supplies, home health services, parenteral and enteral nutrients, equipment and supplies, prosthetics, orthotics, and prosthetic devices and supplies, outpatient prescription drugs, and inpatient and outpatient hospital services. HOME HEALTH AGENCIES AND COMPLIANCE STRATEGIES Raffa

30 Home Health OIG Risk Areas Stark Three-Step Analysis: Is there a referral from a physician for a DHS? Does the physician (or an immediate family member) have a financial relationship with the entity providing the DHS? Does the financial relationship satisfy an exception? HOME HEALTH AGENCIES AND COMPLIANCE STRATEGIES Raffa

31 Home Health OIG Risk Areas Strategy: Sanctions Under Stark Denial. CMS will not pay claims for improperly referred DHS. Refund. Entity has duty to refund to individual. Civil Monetary Penalties. $15,000 for knowingly presenting or causing another to present improper claim, plus an assessment of 3x the amount claimed. $100,000 for scheme to circumvent. Exclusion. Potential False Claims Act Liability. HOME HEALTH AGENCIES AND COMPLIANCE STRATEGIES Raffa

32 Home Health OIG Risk Areas Risk 9: Billing for services to patients who are not confined to the home. Strategy: Train staff to evaluate homebound, & document. Surprise home visit if suspect an issue. Risk 10: Billing for visits to patients who do not require a qualifying service. (RAC issue). Strategy: Policies for dependent services after qualifying services ends. Do not bill Medicare use other payment sources for which patient qualifies. HOME HEALTH AGENCIES AND COMPLIANCE STRATEGIES Raffa

33 Home Health OIG Risk Areas Risk 11: Overutilization and Underutilization. Under PPS, Medicare overutilization has been addressed. However, physician involvement in determining the need, type and frequency of services is significant. Face to Face. Underutilization: knowing denial of needed care in order to keep costs low. HOME HEALTH AGENCIES AND COMPLIANCE STRATEGIES Raffa

34 Home Health OIG Risk Areas Risk 12: Knowingly billing for inadequate or substandard care. Strategy: Training, training, training. Supervision, supervision, supervision. Creative legal claims i.e., False Claims, or Cost Report issues. HOME HEALTH AGENCIES AND COMPLIANCE STRATEGIES Raffa

35 Home Health OIG Risk Areas Risk 13: Insufficient documentation to support services were performed. Strategy: Personnel trained to properly document the services rendered. Documentation reviewed prior to billing. Documentation is timely, filed in the appropriate chart or entered in electronic record. Random internal audits as part of QA process to determine compliance. HOME HEALTH AGENCIES AND COMPLIANCE STRATEGIES Raffa

36 Home Health OIG Risk Areas Risk 14: Billing for unallowable costs of home health intake coordination which are disguised as discharge planning (D/P). Strategy: SNF & Hospital COPs and State Law. SNF Rate and DRG reimburse for D/P. Discharge Planning vs. Intake Coordination. How can marketing activities become D/P? Free D/P activities are kickbacks. Safe harbor if state law permits delegation, contract FMV. Also cost report issue. HOME HEALTH AGENCIES AND COMPLIANCE STRATEGIES Raffa

37 Home Health OIG Risk Areas Risk 15: Billing for services provided by unqualified or unlicensed clinical personnel. (OIG Work Plan). Strategy: Check databases for current licensure, at a minimum, on an annual basis. Criminal History Record Check. Check OIG and OMIG exclusion lists every 30 days. OIG Special Advisory Bulletin Obtain copies of all licenses and certificates. HOME HEALTH AGENCIES AND COMPLIANCE STRATEGIES Raffa

38 Home Health OIG Risk Areas Risk 16: False dating of amendments to nursing notes. Strategy: Written policy as to who & hoe to amend notes. Security measures to prevent improper changes to electronic medical and billing records. Software should amend clinical note so original and amendment, with dates of entry, exist in electronic record. HOME HEALTH AGENCIES AND COMPLIANCE STRATEGIES Raffa

39 Home Health OIG Risk Areas Risk 17: Falsified Plans of Care. Plan of care must be dated and signed by a qualified physician prior to billing. A qualified physician is a physician who is properly licensed, not excluded. The physician must certify all the elements of a beneficiary s eligibility for home health services, the establishment of the plan of care and its periodic review. Lack of physician involvement could result in noncovered services. HOME HEALTH AGENCIES AND COMPLIANCE STRATEGIES Raffa

40 Home Health OIG Risk Areas Risk 18: Untimely and/or forged physician certifications on plan of care. Strategy: Physicians signatures log and random checks Policies and procedures for obtaining timely physician signatures; not after episode ends or after billing. Mechanism to track orders and physician signatures Software prevents billing prior to obtaining signature. MLN: Complying with Medicare Signature Requirements Network- MLN/MLNProducts/downloads/Signature_Requirements_Fact_Sheet_ ICN pdf HOME HEALTH AGENCIES AND COMPLIANCE STRATEGIES Raffa

41 Home Health OIG Risk Areas Risk 19: Forged beneficiary signatures on visit slips/logs to verify services performed. Strategy: Random audits, home visits by a supervisor. Risk 20: Improper patient solicitation activities & high-pressure marketing of uncovered or unnecessary services. Strategy: No prohibited conduct, i.e., free gifts or services. Marketing should be clear, correct, non-deceptive and fully informative. HOME HEALTH AGENCIES AND COMPLIANCE STRATEGIES Raffa

42 Home Health OIG Risk Areas Strategy: Inducement or Gift? Stark Law guidance for gifts to physicians Special Advisory Bulletin Regarding Provision of Gifts and Other Inducements to Medicare Beneficiaries 8/30/02 SABGiftsandInducements.pdf Civil Money Penalties for inducements Remuneration $10 per item / $50 per year Five exceptions HOME HEALTH AGENCIES AND COMPLIANCE STRATEGIES Raffa

43 Home Health OIG Risk Areas Risk 21: Inadequate management and oversight of subcontracted services which results in improper billing. Strategy: Random audits and supervisory visits. Reviewing vendor operations. Contracts with vendors should contain compliance assurances and clauses to require cooperation if documentation is requested from the provider. HOME HEALTH AGENCIES AND COMPLIANCE STRATEGIES Raffa

44 Home Health OIG Risk Areas Risk 22: Discriminatory admission and discharge of patients. Strategy: Don't Risk 23: Billing for unallowable costs associated with the acquisition & sale of agency. Strategy: Reimbursable costs on a cost report must be related to patient care, and transaction costs are not considered to be related to patient care. HOME HEALTH AGENCIES AND COMPLIANCE STRATEGIES Raffa

45 Home Health OIG Risk Areas Risk 24: Compensation programs that offer incentives for number of visits performed and revenue generated. Strategy: Bonuses based on objective criteria in a policy. Strategy: Compensation for Marketers OIG Safe Harbor for W-2 Bona Fide Employees. DOJ position in United States of America v. Goodwill Home Healthcare, Inc. applies to employment in the furnishing of services or items for which payment maybe made by Medicare, Medicaid or Federal programs. HOME HEALTH AGENCIES AND COMPLIANCE STRATEGIES Raffa

46 Home Health OIG Risk Areas Risk 25: Improper influence over referrals by hospitals that own home health agencies. STEERING Strategy: Federal law requires that hospitals provide patients with a list of post-hospital service providers to ensure patient choice. List not indicate preferences. Disclose financial interest. HOME HEALTH AGENCIES AND COMPLIANCE STRATEGIES Raffa

47 Home Health OIG Risk Areas Risk 26: Patient abandonment in violation of applicable statutes, regulations and Federal health care programs. Strategy: State rules regarding patient discharge. Advance Beneficiary Notice and Appeal Rights Risk 27: Knowing misuse of provider certification numbers resulting in improper billing. Strategy: Don t do this. HOME HEALTH AGENCIES AND COMPLIANCE STRATEGIES Raffa

48 Home Health OIG Risk Areas Risk 28: Duplication of services by assisted living facilities, hospitals, clinics, physicians, and other home health agencies. Strategy: Compare ALF regulations avoid overlap of services, and document activities. Liaison resolve overlap aide issues. Potential for inducement and kickbacks. Safe harbor protections lease, shared employees, etc. HOME HEALTH AGENCIES AND COMPLIANCE STRATEGIES Raffa

49 Home Health OIG Risk Areas Risk 29: Knowing or reckless disregard of willing and able caregivers when providing home health services. Strategy: When a patient has a willing and able family member available to take care of the patient, or if the patient refuses services, home health services are not considered to be reasonable and necessary. Risk 30: Failure to comply with licensing & Medicare COPs. Strategy: Compliance with Federal and state laws HOME HEALTH AGENCIES AND COMPLIANCE STRATEGIES Raffa

50 Home Health OIG Risk Areas Risk 31: Knowing failure to return overpayments made by Federal health care programs. Strategy: Ensure billing matches documentation. Prior to billing check MD orders, patient consents, signed plans of care. Random billing audits. Contact health care attorney to investigate and return reimbursement. Frequent open communication between billing, clinical and QA. HOME HEALTH AGENCIES AND COMPLIANCE STRATEGIES Raffa

51 NY OMIG Audit Protocol for HHAs chha_protocol_4_30_13.pdf Missing or insufficient documentation, Plan of Care/Orders. Billed for services in excess of ordered hours/visits, or not ordered. Billed Medicaid before services were authorized, or not ordered. Failed to obtain authorized practitioner s signature within required time frame. POC/Orders not signed, missing, does not address patient needs, failed to review or updated. HOME HEALTH AGENCIES AND COMPLIANCE STRATEGIES Raffa

52 OMIG Audit Protocol for HHA Initial or Comprehensive Assessment not documented, not updated, late, or does not meet required standards. Failed to provide services as per POC/Orders. Medical necessity for services, hours, tasks not documented. Supervision visit not performed timely (14 days skilled service or 60 days for non skilled). If supervisory visit for skilled service has not occurred within 30 days prior to the date of service claim will be denied. Failed to meet supervision standards. Failed to maximize Third Party Liability. Billed for services performed by other provider. Billed for performance of tasks/services not ordered. HOME HEALTH AGENCIES AND COMPLIANCE STRATEGIES Raffa

53 OMIG Audit Protocol for HHAs Incorrect rate code billed. Incorrect rounding of a service unit. Ordering practitioner conflicts with claim practitioner for dates of service paid after 5/09. Spend down not applied prior to billing. Home Health Aide does not meet minimum training standards. Failure to complete in-service training, health assessment, criminal history check, or annual performance evaluation. Missing certificate of immunization, personnel record, or documentation of PPD Skin Test. HOME HEALTH AGENCIES AND COMPLIANCE STRATEGIES Raffa

54 Deliberate ignorance is not a defense! HOME HEALTH AGENCIES AND COMPLIANCE STRATEGIES Raffa

55 What To Do When The Government Comes Knocking Make certain government has your correct mailing address mail delay is not an excuse for an untimely response. Designate one person to whom all audit letters will be given when received by the provider and open immediately. If representatives of a government entity shows up at your door, take their cards and immediately contact the individual designated for such matters. Designate one person to coordinate a response. Contact health care counsel for guidance. HOME HEALTH AGENCIES AND COMPLIANCE STRATEGIES Raffa

56 How To Respond To An Audit Request Make sure that all information requested is gathered. If the document is missing, find it. If the document does not exist, DO NOT CREATE IT. Number each page of all documentation sent to the government (bates stamp). Respond by the deadline noted in the audit request. Send the response to the correct entity at the correct address. Timely respond to any requests for additional information. Submit a road map or clinical chronology of medical record. HOME HEALTH AGENCIES AND COMPLIANCE STRATEGIES Raffa

57 The Civil False Claims Act: 31 U.S.C Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act of 2009 (FERA) effective May 20, 2009 amends the FCA. False or fraudulent claim for government payment exists regardless of whether the claim was presented to the government for payment. Actual knowledge, deliberate ignorance, or reckless disregard used to be intent requirement. Amended to eliminate the intent requirement: require no proof of specific intent to defraud. Sufficient that the false record or statement may be material to a false or fraudulent claim. Civil Money Penalty from $5,500 to $11,000 per claim, plus treble damages. Other penalties include criminal prosecution, exclusions, costs and attorneys fees. Qui tam provisions whistleblower. HOME HEALTH AGENCIES AND COMPLIANCE STRATEGIES Raffa

58 Return of Overpayments ACA 6402 defines overpayment as any funds that a person receives or retains under Medicare or Medicaid to which the person after applicable reconciliation is not entitled... Person includes provider of services, Medicaid managed care organization, Medicare Advantage Plan and Prescription Drug Plan. Report and return the overpayment to Medicare or Medicaid within 60 days after O/P is identified or date any corresponding cost report is due. HOME HEALTH AGENCIES AND COMPLIANCE STRATEGIES Raffa

59 Return of Overpayments Failure to return money a provider is not entitled to is considered a violation of the FCA and subjects the provider to a penalty of $5,500-$11,000 per claim. Knowingly concealing or failing to disclose occurrence of event affecting right to payment 42 U.S.C.1320a-7b(a)(3). Criminal Sanction. HOME HEALTH AGENCIES AND COMPLIANCE STRATEGIES Raffa

60 Proposed Regulations Regarding Reporting and Returning of Overpayments Proposed Rule Published 2/16/12 in the Federal Register: If an overpayment is identified, provider has 60 days from the date the overpayment is identified to return the money. Time period is 10 years. Must use the self-reported overpayment refund process as set forth by the MAC. Written report with providers name, tax ID#, how discovered, reason for O/P, claim #, DOS, Medicare claim control #. HOME HEALTH AGENCIES AND COMPLIANCE STRATEGIES Raffa

61 Proposed Regulations Regarding Reporting and Returning of Overpayments (cont d) Medicare NPI. Description of corrective action plan to ensure error does not occur again. Whether the provider has a CIA with the OIG or is under the OIG self disclosure protocol. The timeframe and total amount of the refund. If a statistical sample was used to calculate the overpayment, a description of the statistically valid method used. The refund for the overpayment. A provider may request an extended repayment schedule. HOME HEALTH AGENCIES AND COMPLIANCE STRATEGIES Raffa

62 THANK YOU Questions? HOME HEALTH AGENCIES AND COMPLIANCE STRATEGIES Raffa

63 AFDOCS HOME HEALTH AGENCIES AND COMPLIANCE STRATEGIES Raffa

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