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Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital Did Not Accurately Report Certain Wage Data, Resulting in Overpayments to California Hospitals

Submitting OIG: 
Department of Health & Human Services OIG
Report Description: 
Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital (the Hospital), located in Grass Valley, California, generally complied with Medicare requirements for reporting wage data in its fiscal year 2014 Medicare cost report. However, errors in reporting wage data did occur. We estimated that, as a result, Medicare overpaid 173 other hospitals in California a total of $216,594 for inpatient services in the first 6 months of Federal fiscal year 2017.
Date Issued: 
Tuesday, September 12, 2017
Agency Reviewed / Investigated: 
Department of Health & Human Services
Submitting OIG-Specific Report Number: 
A-09-16-02044
Component, if applicable: 
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
External entity, if applicable: 
Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital
Location(s): 
CA
United States
Type of Report: 
Audit
Questioned Costs: 
$0
Funds for Better Use: 
$0
Number of Recommendations: 
2
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Additional Details Link: 
https://oig.hhs.gov/oas/reports/region9/91602044.asp

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