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tci Part B Insider - 2010 Issue 36
Compliance: Practices Collected Over $8 Million in Part B Pay for Services Rendered After Patients Died
OIG identified massive overpayments for services rendered after patients' dates of death.Part B practices should always be sure to record the correct date of service on their Medicare claims -- and one easy way for the OIG to track whether you followed this rule or not is to investigate the date the patient passed away. In many cases, practices are still charging for services long after their patients died, and it's costing the Medicare system millions. On Sept. 23, the OIG released the results of its audit, "Review of Medicare Parts A and B Services Billed With Dates...
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