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4 tips to correctly code place-of-service and avoid new wave of OIG, RAC audits

Effective Oct 27, 2011
Published Oct 31, 2011

You can expect more scrutiny of your place-of-service (POS) coding habits from your CMS contractors in 2012 thanks to a new target on the HHS Office of Inspector General (OIG) Work Plan. Now is the right time to make sure you’re entering the correct POS on your claims. OIG released two audits this year which looked at claims submitted in 2008 and 2009, respectively. OIG estimates errors during that two-year period resulted in overpayments of $28.8 million.

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