Can I our home health agency operate a wellness clinic at an apartment building offering free blood pressure checks and other screenings to the senior citizens that live there?
No. 14.5 Discharge-planners for hospitals, nursing homes & other facilities 400.474″(6) The agency may deny, revoke, or suspend the license of a home health agency and shall impose a fine of $5,000 against a home health agency that: “(e) Gives remuneration to a case manager, discharge planner, facility-based staff member, or third-party vendor who is involved in the discharge-planning process of a facility licensed under chapter 395, chapter 429, or this chapter from whom the home health agency receives referrals.” ” Nothing in paragraph (e)… shall be interpreted as applying to or precluding any discount, compensation, waiver of payment, or payment practice permitted by 42 U.S.C. s.1320a-7(b) or regulations adopted thereunder, including 42 C.F.R. s.1001.952, or 42 U.S.C. s. 1395nn or regulations adopted thereunder.
