tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2013 Issue 4

Refunds: You Might Have To Return Money 5 Years Later

Legislation removes one more obstacle for Medicare to recoup overpayments. Medicare has two extra years to come after any overpayments you may owe, thanks to a Jan. 2 ruling. The legislation addresses an OIG grievance that overpayment collections are often thwarted by the statute of limitations. Background: Last May, the HHS Office of the Inspector General published its Obstacles to Collection of Millions in Medicare Overpayments, which lamented that the government is barred from recovering overpayments from practices after three years following the original payment. The report noted that Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) was unable to...

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