Home healthcare background checks from IntelliCorp help ensure patient and staff safety, and they can also be used as a preventative measure against fraud. Organizations that provide home care are offering a valuable and important service to a large portion of the population. Unfortunately, some home healthcare agencies often tarnish the industry because of the growing number of Medicare fraud cases. While the U.S. Department of Justice has implanted efforts to minimize fraud in recent years, the problem is continuing. Peter Carr, a spokesman for the U.S. Department of Justice says that about half of their current healthcare fraud caseload involves home healthcare allegations.
Read the following case. It is a good example of how fraud is infecting the home healthcare industry.
To learn more about the Health Care Fraud Prevention and Enforcement Action Team (HEAT), go to: www.stopmedicarefraud.gov.