Hospitals:
BAD DEBT COMPLIANCE -- WHAT TO WATCH FOR
Published on Thu Oct 24, 2013
The latest round of HHS Office of Inspector General inquiries into how well hospitals comply with rules on Medicare bad debt reimbursement identify a number of compliance trouble spots — some in familiar areas hospital compliance officers should take note of. Bad debt — i.e., Medicare coinsurance amounts that aren’t reasonably collectible — can be reimbursed under Medicare, but hospitals [...]