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Medicare Issues Refunds For Erroneous Prison Takebacks

Published on Fri Dec 06, 2013

Don’t expect reimbursement from appealed claims yet. CMS is finally correcting recoupments it made in error for supposedly incarcerated beneficiaries, but you’ll have to wait to reconcile your accounts receivable. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has begun making refunds of incorrect takebacks and expects "the majority" to be resolved by mid-December, it says in a new Frequently Asked [...]
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