The improper payment rate for hospital outpatient services for the 2016 CERT report period was 5.4%, at a projected cost of $3.1 billion, which accounts for 7.5% of the overall Medicare fee-for-service improper payment rate.Read More »
Five senators recently asked the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to examine the costs and risks associated with mismatched patient records.Read More »
Several technical errors led to significant recalculations of 2018 IPPS MS-DRG relative weights, according to Revenue Cycle Advisor. One error...Read More »
Last week, the American Hospital Association (AHA) sent a letter urging CMS to take specific actions to address and prevent the problems that flow from hospital compliance reviews...Read More »
According to a new national study, one in five adults have personally experienced a medical error. CDI professionals, of course, won’t be surprised that four out of the six reasons listed...Read More »
