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Recommendation Details
Text of Recommendation
We recommend that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services recover the portion of the $56,016 in Medicare Part B overpayments that are within the 4-year claim reopening period—including $31,545 in overpayments for the 69 incorrectly billed statistically sampled services and $24,471 in overpayments for the 62 incorrectly billed corresponding services.
Recommendation Number
23-A-01-018.01
Recommendation Status
Closed
Significant Recommendation
No
Recommendation Questioned Costs
$56,016
Recommendation Funds for Better Use
$0
Associated Report Details
Submitting OIG
Department of Health & Human Services OIG
Linked Report
Medicare Improperly Paid Physicians for Co-Surgery and Assistant-at-Surgery Services That Were Billed Without the Appropriate Payment Modifiers