tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2004 Issue 42

Physicians: OIG Scare Tactics Aim To Keep E/M Levels Down

Physicians, home health agencies caught in Catch-22.Is your billing company helping you upcode evaluation and management levels? Probably not, say experts, but that won't stop the HHS Office of Inspector General from thinking so.The OIG restarted its study on E/M levels, looking for overpayments among the $29 billion Medicare paid in 2003. And separately, the OIG has launched an audit of the relationships between billing service companies and doctors.The OIG's Office of Audit Services wants to understand the different relationships billing companies have with physicians' offices, and the impact these relationships may have on the doctors'...

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