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OIG Tramples On Docs’ Clinical Judgment, Audited Hospices Charge

Published on Fri Jul 16, 2021

Nonprofits call OIG on its medical review nonsense. In a long string of audit reports stretching back to last November, the OIG has raked hospices over the coals — chiefly over terminal illness — to the tune of tens of millions in estimated overpayments. Now the latest two audited hospices are fighting back. On July 8 and 12, respectively, the [...]
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