tci Part B Insider - 2010 Issue 42

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If there was any question about whether the government's efforts to accurately account for improper Medicare payments was working, CMS has an answer. The error rate for Medicare claims declined in 2010, "and is on track for a 50 percent reduction by 2012," according to a Nov. 16 CMS news release. CMS changed the way it calculates the error rate for fee-forservice Medicare last year so the agency could more accurately reflect improper payments and help fight fraud and abuse, HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said in a statement. "This year's lower rate reflects those changes and our focus...

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