Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement

OIG Recovers $3.4 Billion in First 6 Months of Fiscal Year 2011 Citing a "period of intense activity," Inspector General Daniel R. Levinson offered his Semiannual Report to Congress on June 1, unveiling the news that the OIG collected $3.4 billion between October 2010 and March 2011, with $222 million of that coming from audit recoveries alone. The OIG brought in another $3.2 billion from 349 criminal and 197 civil actions that took place over the same time period, which left 883 individuals and entities excluded from participating in federal health care programs, a June 1 OIG news release noted. To read the entire Semiannual Report, visit the OIG's Web site at http://oig.hhs.gov/reports-and-publications/semiannual/index.asp. Medicare officials would like to see Accountable Care Organizations help alleviate your problems with patients dually eligible for Medicare and Medicaid. "'Dual eligibles' are among the most chronically ill and  costly individuals enrolled in both the [...]