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June 02, 2023   
Health Law Weekly

Improper Place-of-Service Codes Led to Millions in Medicare Overpayments, OIG Finds

  • June 02, 2023

Between January 1, 2019 and December 31, 2020 Medicare made overpayments totaling $22,463,193 for 1,130,182 claim lines by paying the nonfacility rate for services coded as furnished in a nursing facility or skilled nursing facility (SNF) setting without Part A coverage while enrollees were Part A SNF inpatients, the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) said in a May 30 audit report.

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