Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

The following is a guest article by Tom Magnotta, COO & President at Apixio Albert Einstein famously said , “Whoever is careless with the truth in small matters cannot be trusted with important matters.” This reactive model leads to only ~70% of identified overpayments being recovered and/or corrected.

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YouCompli

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

This is why Medicare publishes its rules on their Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) or its Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS). However, there are certain circumstances when Medicare, for example, will reimburse additional amounts beyond the prospective payment rate.

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Compliance US Department of Health and Human Services Overpayments Overpayment 52

Hall Render

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

The Nursing Facility ICPG provides that, even if an entity makes an isolated billing error, the entity still has an obligation to repay the overpayment to the government to avoid False Claims Act liability, as explained in the GCPG. Hall Render blog posts and articles are intended for informational purposes only.

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Hall Render

JUNE 22, 2022

On Friday, June 17, 2022, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) posted a pre-publication copy of the Calendar Year (“CY”) 2023 Home Health Prospective Payment System Rate Update (“PPS Rule”). CMS states a temporary adjustment is necessary to offset this overpayment. That file may be accessed here.

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