Hospitals Were Overpaid $33M Over Device Credits; Policy May Change
By EsqSocial Corporation 30/11/20
Report on Medicare Compliance 29, no. 42 (November 23, 2020) - Medicare administrative contractors (MACs) will be coming to 911 hospitals for overpayments caused by unreported manufacturer credits for recalled or prematurely failed cardiac medical devices, according to an audit report from the HHS Office of Inspector General (OIG) posted Nov. 18. The hospitals received $33 million in “potential overpayments” stemming from the credits in a two-year period. OIG recommended that MACs recover the...
By: Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)