Nevada starts six-month effort to tackle Medicaid fraud

(The Center Square) – All Nevada hospice and home health providers are set to be reviewed over the next six months due to what officials call “elevated fraud risk.”

A temporary pause on hospice and home-health care licenses issued by the state and a six-month moratorium on new enrollments for Nevada Medicaid was officially approved and implemented on June 11.

“We expect to have a more legitimate network of providers and an efficient system for validating new providers and detecting fraud so that patients needing hospice care are provided the services they expect and deserve to receive,” Josh Meny, press secretary for Gov. Joe Lombardo, said, answering The Center Square’s questions by email.

“Conducting site visits and checking these facilities helps protect patients and families by helping identify bad actors and unsafe facilities,” Meny added.

Over the past few years, there has been a rapid increase in licensure and enrollment for hospice and home health providers, according to Chloe Chism, sp...