Arkansas One of Worst States for Medicare Waste
Posted: Jan 24, 2017 04:23 PM CST
Updated: Jan 24, 2017 07:01 PM CST
ARKANSAS – It’s getting better but Arkansas is still one of the worst Medicare payments systems in the country.
Medical providers were given more than $6.5 million in Medicare overpayments in 2015. That equates to a little more than $14 per claim.
The mistakes usually happen when a provider inaccurately bills Medicare for the services provided using a billing code that pays out at a higher rate that what is approved.
According to the Council for Medicare Integrity, $43 billion was wasted in Medicare for the 2015 fiscal year. Other states on the list of worst states for Medicare overpayment include Texas, Oklahoma and California.
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