tci Part B Insider - 2022 Issue Q1
Compare Your State’s Error Rate Numbers to Others
Size and scope often factor into the statistics. Error rate benchmarking is tricky. Larger states naturally add more to the overall improper payment amounts because of their Medicare population while smaller states sometimes lack resources and register higher error rates on the claims the feds sample. Refresher: In CMS’ latest CERT breakdown, the “2021 Medicare Fee-for-Service Supplemental Improper Payment Data,” which went live Dec. 7, 2021, the agency offers insight into each state’s error rate data. The top three states with the biggest overall impact to the improper payment rate in 2021 are the same as...
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