tci Part B Insider - 2008 Issue 8

PHYSICIAN NOTES: Medicare Remains Among OIG's Biggest Challenges

Earlier this week, the HHS Office of Inspector General (OIG) released a summary of its Top Management Challenges. In the summary, the OIG noted that it intends to come up with -innovative strategies- to improve services in these areas.Top on the list was oversight of Medicare Part D, which involves coordination between government agencies, private drug plan sponsors and outside contractors. In fact, the OIG report noted that -Part D sponsors owed Medicare more than $4 billion for plan year 2006, with 80 percent of sponsors owing money to Medicare.-Also on the OIG report was the integrity...

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