Can a HHA provide monthly educational programs for residents in an ALF and give pens, pads, and items with our name on it away?
Yes. However, the HHA cannot give out anything of value to a Medicare or Medicaid beneficiary. If your home health agency is Medicare or Medicaid certified, see also the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General Advisory Bulletin on the Social Security Act Sec. 1128A(a)(5) (gifts to beneficiaries) dated 8/30/2002, shown as 9/2/2002 (see page 55856) at: http://www.oig.hhs.gov/authorities/frnotices.html . 14.3.3 Our home health agency operates a satellite office in an ALF. The residents may stop in this office if they have a health care problem and our nurse will check them to see if a referral needs to be made to their physician. Is this allowable? Answer: No. 14.3.4 There are some home health agencies (HHAs) in our part of the state that employ physicians who see nearly all of their patients as home visit doctors and their patients are in ALFs mostly. These physicians become the patients’ primary care physicians and refer directly to the HHA that they wor
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