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Examine These GI Practice Errors to Stay off CMS' Hit List

Published on Wed Jan 22, 2020

Gastroenterologists billed $116 million in improper payments last year, report says. If your practice logged a 10.2 percent coding error rate, that would be cause for alarm, right? Unfortunately, that was the case for many GI practices last year, when gastroenterologists submitted over $116 million in improper payments, according to the latest report from CMS. The backstory: CMS issued its [...]
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