tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2008 Issue 29

Industry Notes: CMS Gets Tough On Cost Reporting

Plus: Only 10 percent of ALJ hearings take place in person -- and medical practices seem to like it that way, OIG says. If you're slacking off on your cost report duties because no reimbursement is directly tied to the document, CMS is not happy with you. "In reviewing the [Medicare Cost Report] data submitted by providers, it appears that many are failing to completely fill out their MCR with valid data likely due to the misconception that the data submitted on the MCR do not impact their payments," CMS says in Aug. 1 Transmittal No. 362 (CR...

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