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Retrieving Billions in Overpayments by CMS

Healthcare IT Today

government and calls for better oversight , the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced in early February that it would investigate overbilling by those plans. This article focuses on the relatively young technologies that enable CMS to uncover overbillings, whether they be errors or fraud. public in overpayments.

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CMS Proposes to Drastically Change Overpayment Refund Rule

Hall Render

On December 27, 2022, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) published a proposed rule that could potentially have a significant impact on enrollees’ obligations under the “60-day” overpayment rule. In fact, claims reviews to quantify an overpayment is a time-consuming effort and the six-month period is necessary.

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CMS Publishes RADV Audit Methodology and Intent to Recover Overpayments

Hall Render

billion in overpayments from MAOs for payment years 2011 through 2017. billion in overpayments from MAOs for payment years 2011 through 2017. Further, CMS estimates that beginning with payment year 2018, it will identify approximately $479 million per audit year in overpayments to MAOs.

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New York State to Fund Bonuses for Certain Healthcare Workers as Part of State Budget

Health Care Law Brief

No bonus amount may be paid to any worker who has been suspended or excluded under the Medicaid program during the vesting period and at the time an employer submits a claim. Bonus amounts will be commensurate with the number of hours worked by covered workers during designated vesting periods up to a total of $3,000 per covered worker.

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Conducting Internal Risk Adjustment Coding Audits

AIHC

This short article provides a basic overview of this complex topic. This was originally mandated by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) back in 1997 and implemented in 2004. HealthAssurance, through CVS Health, disagreed with the OIG’s audit methodology and overpayment estimation methodology.

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Navigating CMS UPIC Audits: A Guide for Healthcare Organizations

Compliancy Group

This is because the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) have ramped up their efforts to identify organizations that have improperly billed for medical services. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) created UPIC audits to identify and stop fraud and abuse in Medicare and Medicaid.

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The Power of a Quality Review: Your Best Defense Against OIG Audits

Healthcare IT Today

The following is a guest article by Rebecca Darnall, R isk Adjustment Leader at Episource. These programs stress the importance of arriving at supportable diagnoses and charting the diagnoses effectively, which leads to more accurate submissions to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (or CMS).