tci Part B Insider - 2011 Issue 16

Compliance: OIG: Physician Orders Missing for 9 Percent of Emergency Dept. X-Ray Interpretations

Plus: Insufficient documentation found on 19 percent of CTs and MRIs, and 14 percent of x-rays in hospital outpatient EDs.Think your emergency department could afford to brush up on its radiology documentation? A new OIG report indicates that answer is a resounding "yes."Last week, the OIG released its newest report, entitled "Medicare Payments for Diagnostic Radiology Services in Emergency Departments," which reveals the results of the agency's audit of 440 Part B claims for interpretation and reports of diagnostic radiology services in EDs from 2008. Although the OIG found stark errors in these services, not all...

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