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Part B Payments:

CMS: ED Practitioners Log Among the Highest Improper Payment Rates

Published on Mon Feb 05, 2018

The agency says EDs improperly billed over $315 million to Part B. Emergency departments are known for putting patient health first, above all other priorities, but CMS is suggesting that perhaps EDs should also dedicate a bit more time to their coding and billing processes. Emergency physicians ranked eighth on CMS' list of specialties with the highest Part B improper [...]
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