tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2006 Issue 38

INDUSTRY NOTES ~ GAO Calls For MIP Distribution Reforms

Plus: DME manufacturers and suppliers under scrutiny for partnerships. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) should develop a new approach for allocating funds to the Medicare Integrity Program (MIP) to ensure the money goes toward the most effective activities, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) said in an Oct. 6 report.Funding for each of the five MIP activities -- which look at payments to and activities of home health agencies and other health care providers -- has increased each year since 1997.The GAO notes, however, the size of the increases varied by activity. CMS told the...

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