tci Part B Insider - 2013 Issue 14

Physician Note: OIG Asks Government for An Additional $82 Million for CMS Oversight

Plus: This hospice fears its protected health information fell into the wrong hands. If it feels like the OIG uses more resources to go after inappropriately-billed and paid Medicare claims every year, that’s because it’s true. After raking in record recoupments in 2012, the OIG wants to step up its efforts even further, requesting $320 million in FY 2014 for overseeing Medicare and Medicaid—this represents over $82 million more than the 2012 amount. The OIG intends to use the extra dollars for fraud prevention as well as “identifying questionable billings and reducingimproper payments” in the...

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