Tag: Questionable billing
Inappropriate, questionable billing for test strips, says OIG
August 27, 2013HME News Staff
WASHINGTON - Medicare inappropriately allowed $6 million in claims for diabetes test strips in 2011, according to a report from the Office of Inspector General (OIG). The claims were for beneficiaries without a documented diagnosis code for diabetes, or for beneficiaries who were in hospitals or skilled nursing facilities. The OIG also found that $425 million in Medicare-allowed claims had characteristics of questionable billing, and that suppliers in 10 geographic areas nationwide were responsible...