Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement

OIG Reports Big Jump in Part B Lab Spending

HCPCS code may have been a factor in the increase. With COVID hitting the U.S. hard over the last few years, it shouldn’t come as a surprise that the feds saw the biggest increase of Medicare Part B lab spending since they started tracking data in 2014. Context: On Dec. 19, 2022, the HHS Office of Inspector General (OIG) released [...]
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