Health Law Scan

Legal Insights and Perspectives for the Healthcare Industry

Value-Based Care

Hospice General Inpatient Services (GIP): New OIG Audit Alert

The HHS Office of Inspector General (OIG) announced on June 15, 2023 that it plans to initiate a new audit of Medicare payments for hospice general inpatient (GIP) services, focused on hospice GIP services furnished to Medicare beneficiaries who were discharged directly to hospice GIP care from an acute hospital stay.