tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2005 Issue 2

HOSPITALS: The Right Way To Report Wage Data

Target these problem areas to keep the OIG-and other facilities-off your back. If a facility's numbers influence the wage index for other hospitals in its metropolitan statistical area, it should get ready for the HHS Office of Inspector General to give special attention to its Medicare cost report.An audit of wage data reported by Boston, MA-based Cape Cod Hospital revealed that the facility overstated its wage data by $4.2 million in its Medicare 2000 cost report.The impact: The 2004 wage index for the hospital and the two other hospitals in its MSA were overstated by 1...

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