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In the latest Deeper Than the Headlines episode, we dive into a healthcare compliance case that resulted in a $29 million settlement. The case revolves around a New York-based healthcare organization that allegedly retained overpayments from the Uniformed Services Family Health Plan (USFHP), a...

The U.S. Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) recently issued a report concluding that Medicare and patients combined overpaid more than a million dollars for the same professional services provided at critical access hospitals (CAH).

Who Bills for Professional Services?

The OIG’s Annual Workplan for 2022 includes the continuous auditing and monitoring of items and services

The OIG continues to perform focused audits on hospital claims using billing data from thousands of hospitals

New York Hospital to Pay $389,000 to Medicare

In a recent audit of a New York hospital, the HHS OIG identified overpayments

In many ways, compliance officers are the eyes in the sky of healthcare organizations.

Any effective compliance program should be able to identify overpayments

Not long ago, I presented to you some foolproof tips for billing telehealth services.