Industry Note:
OIG Finds Improper CCM Payments
Published on Fri Nov 15, 2019
A potential crackdown on chronic care management service payments to physicians could have a chilling effect on home care referrals. An HHS Office of Inspector General audit found $436,877 in overpayments in 2015 and 2016 for instances in which providers or facilities billed CCM services more than once for the same beneficiaries for the same service period, according to a [...]