Medicare Overpayments In FY 1998 Decline By 38% To $12.6 Bil. -HHS IG
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
Medical documentation errors cost Medicare $2.1 bil. in FY 1998, down significantly from $9 bil. reported the year before, according to a report on improper Medicare fee-for-service payments, released Feb. 9 by HHS Inspector General June Gibbs Brown.