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February 07, 2025   
Health Law Weekly

OIG Flags $35.1 Million in Improper Medicare Payments for Catheters

  • February 07, 2025

About 14.3%, or $35.1 million, of the $303.3 million in Medicare payments for urinary catheters between July 2021 through June 2022 may have been improper due to documentation errors and medical necessity issues, according to a Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) report posted February 6.

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