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Hospices’ CERT Improper Payment Rate Is Up — Way Up — For 2022

Published on Fri Jan 06, 2023

On the other hand, HHA error rate is down a hair. If you’re wondering how much review pressure your hospice is likely to encounter this year, Medicare’s recent Comprehensive Error Rate Testing report may tell you. Hospices clocked in with a 12.04 percent improper payment rate for 2022, equaling an estimated $2.9 billion in improper payments, the Department of Health [...]
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