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Report: Saint Luke’s Hospital Overbilled Medicare By $581,000 Saint Luke’s Hospital of Kansas City overbilled Medicare $581,000 over a two-year period, a federal report concludes. The report by the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Inspector General (OIG) says the hospital failed to comply with Medicare requirements for 80 of 294 inpatient and outpatient claims reviewed by OIG. The federal watchdog says that 63 inpatient claims had billing errors, resulting in $366,584 in overpayments, and 17 outpatient claims […]

From WOOD-TV: View the broadcast here. Medicare waste spikes in Michigan By Marlee GinterPublished: April 16, 2015, 10:50 pm Updated: April 16, 2015, 11:13 pm GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Michigan overpaid millions of dollars to health care providers who billed Medicare last year, a recent audit found — one of the highest figures in the country. Medicare is reported to have the highest rate of financial waste of any government agency, with tens of billions of dollars lost in […]

From Forbes: Hospital Industry Raids The Medicare Trust Fund Every year, millions of Americans pay federal taxes to support government programs that provide health, wellness, and other benefits to those who need it most. One would assume that safeguards are in place to ensure that our taxpayer dollars are used appropriately and efficiently. However, a recent Government Accountability Office (GAO) report states that rampant waste exists within the Medicare program. In 2014 alone, Medicare overpaid hospitals and other healthcare providers nearly […]

From McKnight’s:   RAC battles move forward The debate over whether Recovery Audit Contractor audits are an incentive-laced system of provider harassment or a necessary tool to redistribute misspent Medicare funds continues. Neither side appears to be backing down. The American Hospital Association, representing both acute and post-acute care providers, has blamed incentive-guided contracted auditors for causing a “tremendous burden on hospitals and the appeals process.” Besides calling for more favorable short-stay reimbursements, the AHA and other provider groups want […]

From Good Morning Four States: Missouri 4th Worst in Medicare Waste WASHINGTON DC — A recent reports ranks Missouri as one of the ten worst states in Medicare waste. According to the Council for Medicare Integrity, Missouri had $170 million worth of Medicare overpayments using data from a 2013 Medicare and Medicaid service report to Congress, ranking them fourth in the country. Medicare Waste is the unintentional misuse of Medicare funds through inadvertent error from incorrect coding and billing. Missouri […]