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Medicare Overpays Hospitals $32 Million For Home Care Patients, OIG Says

Medicare claims system fails to apply postacute transfer policy. Hospitals are feeling pressured on both sides of the home care discharge issue — which side will win out? On one hand: In a new report, the HHS Of-fice of Inspector General takes both hospitals and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to task for $31.7 million in hospital claims [...]
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