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June 17, 2013

Recent Stories of Interest

From Report on Medicare Compliance - The HHS Office of Inspector General is questioning hospitals and provider-based entities about how they assign evaluation and management levels of service and pay physicians who treat patients there. The questions suggest an interest in something beyond compliance with provider-based rules, which should put hospitals on alert because of the higher payment rates for provider-based entities and the recent revisions to Medicare coverage requirements for outpatient therapeutic services. Read more

CMS raised the bar for discharge planning in its May 17 compliance… Read more

There’s no magic number for an error rate that should set in… Read more

The tax exemptions of nonprofit hospitals are in jeopardy if they don’t… Read more

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June 11, 2013
OIG Posts a New Advisory Opinion on Orthotics

OIG posted a new advisory opinion on orthotics. http://go.usa.gov/bRVm

June 11, 2013
OIG Adds NPIs to Exclusion Database

OIG said on June 11 it added NPIs to its exclusion database, going forward. http://oig.hhs.gov/

May 30, 2013
OIG Posts Spring Semi-Annual Report

OIG posted its spring 2013 semi-annual report at http://go.usa.gov/bTv5

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