Georgia may be next for enhanced hospice oversight, regulatory affairs expert predicts

Georgia may be next for enhanced hospice oversight, regulatory affairs expert predicts 
McKnights Home Care; by Adam Healy; 7/29/25 
Warning, hospice providers in Georgia. Your state may be the next target for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ Provisional Period of Enhanced Oversight (PPEO). “If you are from Georgia, do not be surprised if something like this comes to your town soon,” Katie Wehri, vice president of regulatory affairs, quality and compliance for the National Alliance for Care at Home, said on the closing day of the Alliance’s Financial Management Summit Tuesday. “The reason is that the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission and CMS have both mentioned Georgia as an area where there’s a high number of new hospices.” Four states are currently the subject of PPEO: California, Arizona, Nevada and Texas. California — and specifically Los Angeles County — has been a hotbed of hospice fraud in recent years.