Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement

Industry Notes

Auditors Accuse CIGNA of Overbilling Medicare by $28 Million If you think medical practices are the only entities under the microscope for improper billing practices, think again. On May 1, the OIG recommended that CIGNA Healthcare of Arizona repay at least $151,000 in improper charges due to a “significant error rate,” and suggested that CIGNA may have overbilled the Medicare [...]
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