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OIG Continues Transfer Policy Scrutiny At Hospitals

Published on Thu Dec 12, 2013

 MAC collects $1 million for missed discharges to home care and other postacute providers.   The OIG is hammering another Medicare contractor for failing to dock hospitals for patients who are discharged to home care, and the result could affect your referrals from those facilities. Background: Under Medicare’s post acute transfer policy, hospitals’ Diagnosis Related Group payments get prorated if they [...]
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