‘Sharpen your game:’ Dombi tells hospices to step up in face of stricter government oversight

‘Sharpen your game:’ Dombi tells hospices to step up in face of stricter government oversight
McKnight's Home Care; by Adam Healy; 7/22/24
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has hospice on its radar, and providers’ best safeguard against unwanted attention is to take oversight measures into their own hands, according to William Dombi, president of the National Association for Home Care & Hospice. “Sharpen your game before somebody knocks on your door,” Dombi said Monday during a press conference at the 2024 NAHC Financial Management Conference in Las Vegas. He recommended that hospice providers look internally to identify problems that could raise regulators’ alarms. An independent audit, he noted, could be helpful for spotting potential noncompliance... He later noted, “Hospices believe they’re compliant when they’re probably not.”