DecisionHealth, DecisionHealth - 2022 Issue 7 (July)

OIG finds PBDs overpaid for E/M services; CMS disinclined to act

OIG has found, through extrapolated data, that provider-based departments (PBD) in hospitals that bill outpatient E/M encounters are getting more generous reimbursement than freestanding clinic providers who perform them. But it appears the chances that anything will be done about it anytime soon are slim.

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