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OIG audits: Poor hospital billing controls lead to $1M Medicare overpayments

Medicare overpaid Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis and Indiana University Health in Indianapolis more than a million dollars combined because the two organizations lacked adequate controls to prevent billing errors, according to the OIG.

Hospitals audited for Medicare overpayments

MedStar Georgetown University Hospital overbilled Medicare for $659,000 because the Washington, D.C., hospital didn't adequately control billing and coding of claims or didn't fully understand

AHA: Medicare overpayment rule too burdensome for hospitals

A proposed rule under the Affordable Care Act for providers to report and repay Medicare overpayments is overly burdensome, the American Hospital Association told the Centers for Medicare &

Brigham and Women's overbilled Medicare $1.5M

Boston's Brigham and Women's Hospital received a million and half dollars in overpayments because the hospital didn't fully understand Medicare billing requirements, the Office of Inspector General

Providers worry about proposed CMS 10-year overpayments review

A proposed rule from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to review Medicare overpayments, dating back to as far as 10 years, could mean undue administrative burdens and costs for