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Published on Fri May 28, 2021

OIG deems 20% of nonprofit hospice’s audited claims ‘unallowable’ and assesses $13 million overpayment. The HHS Office of Inspector General has added another hospice audit to its list. Reminder: In late April and early May, the watchdog agency issued three hospice audit reports where it found billing error rates of up to 52 percent, mostly based on terminal prognosis failings [...]
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