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Understanding E/M: OIG finds high rate of overpayments, underpayments in new report
Providers coded more than half their E/M visits incorrectly, adding up to $6.7 billion in improper payments, according to an HHS Office of Inspector General (OIG) report released May 29. Put another way, each physician received an average of $11,471 in incorrect payments in 2010.
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