Home Health and DME hit the “most wanted” list in the Senate Finance Committee Bill

Home Health and Durable Medical Equipment (“DME”) can’t seem to get out of the spotlight and who can blame the government for scrutiny. Back in the day when Home Health charged on a “per visit” basis, we saw independent Home Health agencies in abundance across the United States, company CEOs using Medicare dollars to purchase airplanes and living in mansions as they reaped the benefits of what was found to be Home Health fraud and abuse. In the late 90’s  an “interim payment system” was implemented pri