tci Part B Insider - 2011 Issue 12

Physician Notes: CMS Resolves Vast Majority of Hotline Complaints, OIG Report Says

Plus: CMS still hasn't set final date on ordering/referring provider edits.As most Part B practices know, the OIG maintains a hotline through which individuals can submit complaints or allegations of fraud and abuse--but it's never been clear what the OIG does with those issues--until now.On March 21, the OIG released the results of its report, "CMS's Processing of Complaints Received Through the 1-800-HHSTIPS Hotline," and the information is promising. During its review, the OIG identified 1,427 complaints that it sent to CMS over the first six months of 2008 and followed up to determine whether...

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