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OIG Recovered $3.35 Billion in 2015, Plans Scrutiny of Ophthalmology Services

Published on Wed Dec 23, 2015

Place of service errors also continue to be on the agency’s radar screen. Any amount over $3 billion may sound like an enormous number in terms of Medicare billings, but that’s the amount the OIG recovered in 2015 alone. In its Semiannual Report to Congress, released on Nov. 30, the OIG reported that during fiscal year 2015, the agency recorded audit [...]
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