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New Transmittal Aims To Get Medicare Contractors On The Same Page For Stat Sampling

Published on Fri Oct 05, 2018

Medicare has issued new statistical sampling instructions to its contractors. “To ensure that contractors are using uniform and consistent procedures when performing statistical sampling, this CR updates the instructions” for Unified Program Integrity Contractors, Recovery Audit Contractors, the Supplemental Medical Review Contractor, and Medicare Administrative Contractors “regarding the use of statistical sampling in their reviews and estimation of overpayments,” says Transmittal [...]
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