Arizona Heart Hospital in Phoenix has agreed to pay $675,000 to settle an alleged Medicare coding violation, according to a report by the Phoenix Business Journal.
The settlement agreement with HHS Office of the Inspector General states that the hospital submitted 10 claims for an uncovered service, carotid artery stenting procedures, using a billing code that HHS contends constituted a false claim.
The hospital maintains that there aren't enough cases for the particular procedure to warrant FDA approval for the specific application, which is required for a separate billing code.
Read the Phoenix Business Journal's report on the Arizona Heart Hospital settlement.
The settlement agreement with HHS Office of the Inspector General states that the hospital submitted 10 claims for an uncovered service, carotid artery stenting procedures, using a billing code that HHS contends constituted a false claim.
The hospital maintains that there aren't enough cases for the particular procedure to warrant FDA approval for the specific application, which is required for a separate billing code.
Read the Phoenix Business Journal's report on the Arizona Heart Hospital settlement.