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Compliance:

Let CERT Spotlight Improper Payment Peril

Published on Tue Mar 09, 2021

Focus on lab and pathology data. Despite a drop in the overall improper payment rate for Medicare fee-for-service in 2020, Part B claims error rate increased by nearly 3 percent — including many clinical lab and pathology claims. Basis: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently released the 2020 Medicare FFS Supplemental Improper Payment Data as part of its [...]
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