tci Part B Insider - 2005 Issue 41

PHYSICIAN NOTES: Welcome To The OIG's Hit List For WTM Exam

CPO study may discourage you from billing for legitimate oversight You’ve taken on the burden of providing an extra examination to every single one of your patients as they turn 65. And now the HHS Office Inspector General suspects you’re overpaid. The “Welcome To Medicare” exam that started last January could award you with a higher payment for services you already provided to an existing patient in a previous examination, the OIG worries. The OIG plans to issue a report sometime in 2006 on the impact of the “WTM” exam on Medicare payments. The OIG&rsquo...

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