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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. How can such overpayments be uncovered? public in overpayments. They expect to recoup 4.7 billion dollars through this program.

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Understanding Basics of Medicare Overpayment

Medisys Compliance

What is Medicare Overpayment? An overpayment is a payment made to a provider exceeding amounts due and payable according to existing laws and regulations. Identified overpayments are debts owed to the federal government. Laws and regulations require CMS recover overpayments. Medicare Overpayment Collection Process.

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Healthcare Compliance Risks with Urine Drug Testing Overpayments 

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There has been significant enforcement over the last couple years relating to overpayments for UDT. The overpayment rate for definitive drug testing for 22 or more drug classes was over 71%. The government argued that before ordering definitive UDT, a provider first needs to review the results of the presumptive test.

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Will CMS’s Proposed Rule on “Identified Overpayments” Increase Reverse FCA Cases?

Healthcare Law Today

As written, the proposed rule would remove the existing “reasonable diligence” standard for identification of overpayments, and add the “knowing” and “knowingly” FCA definition. And, a provider is required to refund overpayments it is obliged to refund within 60 days of such identified overpayment.

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New York Medicaid Providers Now Have Two Pathways to Self-Disclose Overpayments to the Office of the Medicaid Inspector General

Healthcare Law Blog

On August 21, 2023, the New York State Office of the Medicaid Inspector General (OMIG) announced updates to the Medicaid overpayment self-disclosure program, which now includes an abbreviated process for reporting and explaining overpayments that are considered routine or transactional in nature and have been already voided and adjusted.

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What If Costco Designed the Prescription Drugs Sales Model?

Health Populi

“A growing body of research shows that the federal government and Medicare beneficiaries are also overpaying for generic prescription medications,” t hey explained. The good news about prescription drugs, in the context of medical spending in the U.S., is that 9 in 10 medicines prescribed are generics. healthcare spending.

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These are the compliance issues providers should be preparing for, post-PHE

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

State government executive orders. Additionally, any reimbursement resulting from these claims could be considered an overpayment. Once a provider has credible evidence of an overpayment, it must be reported and returned to avoid triggering FCA liability. Legislation or temporary regulatory flexibilities tied to the PHE.