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History of EVV
In December 20062016, President Barack Obama signed the 21st Century Cures Act into law. The 21st Century Cures Act states that any home health or provider agency that receives reimbursement from the government must have an electronic visit verification system in place. States must require EVV for Medicaid-funded home services for people with intellectual or developmental disabilities no later than January 1, 2020. The The development of the EVV system stemmed from the federal government looking for ways to reduce incidences of fraud and abuse. Medicaid and Medicare fraud cases have been on the rise—potentially costing the government millions and millions of dollars. As just one example, in June of 2016, the the Medicare Fraud Strike Force charged 301 individuals from across the nation with filing approximately $900 million in false billings. With EVV, filing false paper-based attendant timesheets would not be possible.
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