Medicare Compliance:
Curb Incorrect E/M Coding Cases to Stay Clear of CMS Scrutiny
Published on Mon Nov 30, 2015
Medicare finds Part B error rate worsening year-on-year. Despite the renewed interest in incorrect Medicare billing by practices and the ensuing debate over ethical issues, the spate of errors does not seem to be receding. In fact, error rates seem to be climbing instead of dropping. The 2014 Medicare Fee-for-Service improper payment rate ratcheted up to 12.7 percent last year, [...]