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OIG Finds Hospital Overpayments for Transfer to Home Health Services

For directors of reimbursement, HIM professionals

The federal Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) has issued a report that concludes that Medicare overpaid acute care hospitals $267 million over a two-year period, due to improper coding of the inpatient claim when the beneficiaries resumed home health (HH) services within three days of discharge.  

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