The third issue of CMS' Medicare Quarterly Provider Compliance Newsletter features several common errors made by hospitals and other providers that are picked up by recovery audit contractors.
The entry for each error is extensive, including an identification of the error, pertinent CMS rules and a checklist of steps that can be taken to avoid errors in the future. Each entry ends with references for further reading.
Entries include:
Untimed Codes—Excessive Units
Extensive OR procedure unrelated to Principal Diagnosis DRG 468 MS-DRG 981,982,983
Technical Component of Radiology
Inappropriate Medicare Payments for Transforaminal Epidural Injection Services
Read the Medicare Quarterly Provider Compliance Newsletter on RACs.
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