About 5% of home healthcare agencies show potential signs of fraud. More than 500 home healthcare agenciesâabout 5% of the totalâand 4,500 doctors across the country share characteristics that often point to home healthcare fraud, according to a report released by HHS' Office of Inspector General on Wednesday.
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