Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement

Audits:

Your Facility Could Be On the OIG Hit List

Improper payments totaled over a billion dollars in 2010 and 2011. The recovery audit contractors (RACs) mean business and the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) is taking a serious view of preventive actions required. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released a report in late 2013 Actions to Address Improper Payments, Referrals of Potential Fraud, and Performance, [...]
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