Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement
IN OTHER NEWS ...• What to know how to determine the limitations for refund requests in states besides Florida?
Published on Mon Jan 26, 2009
Your best bet is to contact your state medical association or society, and they'll have the information regarding whether your state has such time limitations. If you'd like to read the legislation about Florida's change in the allowable look-back period from 30 months to 12 months, visit www.fmaonline.org/pages/govtaffairs/files/1012ER.pdf, or for a breakdown of the information visit the
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