GAO Report Recommends CMS Receive More Authority to Enforce Safety Requirements on Hospice

GAO report compares non-profit and for-profit hospices In recent months several reports examining aspects of the Medicare hospice benefit have been issued by oversight bodies including the Health and Human Services’ Office of the Inspector General (OIG) (previous coverage available HERE and HERE).  Most recently (November 14, 2019), the Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a…