tci Part B Insider - 2015 Issue 18

Place Of Service Coding: MACs to Start Eyeing Your POS Line Items

Place of service errors cost CMS over $33 million. The OIG’s 2015 Work Plan indicated that the agency would be taking a close look at place of service (POS) coding this year—and it looks like the feds are wasting no time. On May 8, the OIG issued a new audit report solidifying the fact that POS errors are costing the government millions of dollars each year. In its latest audit, the OIG found that MACs overpaid physicians to the tune of $33.4 million for incorrectly coded services that took place between Jan. 2010 and Sept. 2012...

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