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State Paid $620M For Services Hospices Should Have Covered, Audit Says

Published on Fri Jul 23, 2021

It’s not just Medicare that is putting payments for non-hospice services to hospice enrollees under the microscope. Massachusetts Office of the State Auditor audited claims paid by MassHealth for dual-eligible members who were receiving hospice care from January 2015 through July 2019, OSA says in a release. “During this period, MassHealth paid $620,584,171 in claims for hospice-related services to non-hospice [...]
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