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Hospice General Inpatient Services (GIP): New OIG Audit Alert

The HHS Office of Inspector General (OIG) announced on June 15, 2023 that it plans to initiate a new audit of Medicare payments for hospice general inpatient (GIP) services, focused on hospice GIP services furnished to...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

CMS Audits: Part 1 The ABCs of Medicare and Medicaid Claims Audits: Understanding the Audit Contractors

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Because Medicare and Medicaid claims audit requests can look like routine billing-related correspondence, they can be easy to miss, leading to expensive and potentially catastrophic consequences. Providers, therefore, should...more

Maynard Nexsen

SMRC Targets for 2022: After Heavy Focus on Hospice, the SMRC Moves On to Home Health and Other Projects

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The Supplemental Medical Review Contractor (“SMRC”) is a Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) contractor authorized to conduct nationwide medical reviews (Medicare Part A, Part B, and DME). As many in the...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Report on Medicare Compliance Volume 30, Number 22. News Briefs: June 2021

Report on Medicare Compliance 30, no. 22 (June 14, 2021) - CMS’ supplemental medical review contractor (SMRC) is now doing postpayment reviews of Medicare claims for electrodiagnostic (EDX) testing axial muscles and...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Report on Medicare Compliance Volume 30, Number 15. News Briefs: April 2021 #3

Report on Medicare Compliance 30, no. 15 (April 19, 2021) - CMS’s supplemental medical review contractor (SMRC) has added outpatient therapy claims to its list of postpayment reviews, according to its website. The SMRC,...more

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