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Department of Labor
Alert Memorandum: The Employment and Training Administration (ETA) Needs to Ensure State Workforce Agencies (SWA) Implement Effective Unemployment Insurance Program Fraud Controls for High Risk Areas
The Medicare hospice benefit allows providers to claim Medicare reimbursement for hospice services provided to individuals with a life expectancy of 6 months or less and who have elected hospice care. Previous OIG reviews found that Medicare inappropriately paid for hospice services that did not meet certain Medicare requirements.Our objective was to determine whether hospice services provided by Tidewell Hospice, Inc., (Tidewell) complied with Medicare requirements.
In accordance with our annual plan, the Office of Inspector General conducted a follow-up on the Department's implementation of the recommendations in Report Number OIG-2017-01. Our objective was to confirm the Department took appropriate corrective actions in implementing the recommendations. Our scope included existing controls related to implementation of the recommendations outlined in our previous report.