tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2004 Issue 35

Medicaid: CMS Clamping Down On Medicaid Payment Errors

Heads up: The government may be dabbling with your medical records.Head up, providers. If a new proposed rule goes through, your Medicaid claims could be subjected to more state oversight. Will your compliance plan have you covered?The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services said Aug. 27 it wants to use a new technology-based approach to determine the payment error rate for the Medicaid program, similar to the Comprehensive Error Rate Testing Program for Medicare. The rule would require states to review a sample of Medicaid claims every year. Here's what else is on the new fraud-fighting...

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