tci Part B Insider - 2014 Issue 19

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Coding urine drug testing seems pretty straightforward—but for one laboratory, reporting these services landed them in hot water with the government, and cost them a $4.675 million settlement. The lab billed Medicare and Medicaid over a four-year period for urine drug testing, and added pathology codes along with the standard CPT codes to increase its charges. The lab performed a medical review (which Medicare doesn’t cover) with each urine drug screen and tacked on the pathology code for these services, the OIG said in a statement.  It’s possible that the settlement could lead to...

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