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Providers Did Not Always Comply With Federal Requirements When Claiming Medicare Bad Debts

Submitting OIG: 
Department of Health & Human Services OIG
Date Issued: 
Thursday, December 15, 2022
Agency Reviewed / Investigated: 
Department of Health & Human Services
Submitting OIG-Specific Report Number: 
A-07-20-02825
Component, if applicable: 
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Location(s): 
United States
Type of Report: 
Audit
Questioned Costs: 
$0
Funds for Better Use: 
$0
Number of Recommendations: 
1
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Related Open Recommendations

Recommendation Number Recommendation Status Significant Recommendation Additional Details
23-A-07-020.01 Open No
We recommend that CMS consider issuing instructions or guidance to the MACs that require or encourage more review of Medicare bad debts claimed in cost reports, such as defining thresholds beyond which individual Medicare bad debts would trigger an audit, and that directs the MACs to revise their cost report audit work plans accordingly.
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