tci Part B Insider - 2009 Issue 29

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• You'll see more medical review for pressure reducing support surfaces if the OIG gets its way. Inappropriate Medicare payments for pressure reducing support surfaces amounted to about $33 million for these items during the first half of 2007 alone, according to a new OIG report. The review found that 38 percent of the claims were undocumented, 22 percent were medically unnecessary, 17 percent had insufficient documentation, and 3 percent had other billing errors. To read the OIG report, visit www.oig.hhs.gov/oei/reports/oei-02-07-00420.pdf. ...

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