tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2015 Issue 13

Compliance: Watch Your POS Coding or Invite Scrutiny

Tip: Avoid this problem by educating your staff on the differences between the POS codes. When the HHS Office of Inspector General (OIG) had indicated in its 2015 Work Plan that it would be taking a closer look at place of service (POS) coding as such errors are costing the government millions of dollars each year. On May 8, the OIG issued a new audit report solidifying the fact. 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...

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