Medicare: Improper Activities by Mid-Delta Home Health
OSI-98-5
Published: Mar 12, 1998. Publicly Released: Mar 19, 1998.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO investigated allegations of Medicare improprieties by home health care provider Mid-Delta Home Health of Belzoni, Mississippi, and affiliated companies, focusing on allegations that Mid-Delta: (1) routinely requested and received leave or bonuses back from its employees while charging Medicare their full amount; (2) paid the owner's daughter a full-time salary and charged it to Medicare although she was a full-time nursing student; and (3) conducted unnecessary and excessive home health care patient visits.
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Annual leaveErroneous paymentsFraudHealth care personnelHealth care programsHome health care servicesMedical expense claimsMedical recordsMedicarePayroll recordsProgram abuses