tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2018 Issue 2

Medicare Errors: Back Up Your Claims with Accurate Notes — Or Risk Paybacks

CERT highlights providers' difficulties with compliant documentation. If you bill a substantial part of your pay to Medicare, make sure your codes are in line. The agency found billions of dollars paid in error over the last year, and you could be forced to send your MAC a refund if you're one of the offenders. Read on for tips on how to avoid the most common errors that CMS uncovered during its latest audit. Watch Your Documentation, Findings Suggest CMS's new Comprehensive Error Rate Testing (CERT) results, which were released on Jan. 8, show that practices made fewer errors...

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