Beyond Hospice: Home Health Agencies Plagued by UPICs and SMRCs
The year 2020 saw much less medical review auditing, including a CMS suspension of audits between March 30 and August 3 of 2020. However, with the lifting of the CMS suspension, the CMS Supplemental Medical Review Contractor...more
On May 13, 2016, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) released a report on the review activities of the different Medicare claim review contractors that CMS uses to help reduce improper payments and protect the...more