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CMS Should Use More Effective Fraud Prevention, Critics Say

Published on Fri Feb 12, 2016

Prior auth won’t slow down home care fraudsters, experts contend. The whole reason Medicare is proposing a prior auth demo for home health services is questionable, according to industry experts. In the Feb. 5 Federal Register, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services proposes a prior authorization demonstration for home health services in five high-risk states (see related story, p. [...]
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