The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services suspended 49 Ohio home health providers identified as posing a high risk to the Medicaid program, Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz said June 4.
Oz announced the action in Columbus, Ohio, during a press conference highlighting major anti-fraud enforcement measures.
“Unfortunately, this area around Columbus is responsible for one-third of all of the $1.5 billion spent on home healthcare in Ohio,” Oz said. “That’s three times what you would expect.”
The agency also imposed a six-month moratorium on the enrollment of new home healthcare service providers and hospices in the state. Similar action was taken in California on May 13….