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Another week brings us another HHS Office of the Inspector General  (OIG) report criticizing the work of CMS, this time about the Medicare agency's failure to collect the vast majority of overpayments found in previous OIG audits.

There’s an interesting read in this week’s New England Journal of Medicine on the future of primary care. And what you take from it depends on whether you have a glass half-empty or half-full philosophy.

A nurse practitioner group is pushing for greater responsibility for NPs to meet national health care needs. The Washington Post reports that the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners has launched a campaign to "try to raise the profile of the country’s 155,000 nurse practitioners. The campaign looks to exploit what many say is a looming doctor shortage."

Want some free time with a real medical business expert -- Sean Weiss, CPC, CPC-P, CCP-P, Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer of DecisionHealth Professional Services?

The HHS Office of the Inspector General (OIG) released a report on E/M coding this week that shows levels 4 and 5 selection for established patient office visits is on the rise this past decade while levels 1 through 3 selection is on the decline. The portion of established patient E/M codes billed as levels 1 through 3 dropped by a combined 17% between 2001 and 2010 and selection of levels 4 and 5 account for a 17% higher portion during that same timeframe, according to the report – available here

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