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Date Issued
Submitting OIG
Department of Health & Human Services OIG
Other Participating OIGs
Department of Health & Human Services OIG
Agencies Reviewed/Investigated
Department of Health & Human Services
Report Number
A-04-15-04036
Report Description

North Carolina Baptist Hospital (the Hospital), located in Winston Salem, North Carolina, complied with Medicare billing requirements for 209 of the 246 inpatient claims that we reviewed. However, the Hospital did not fully comply with Medicare billing requirements for the remaining 37 claims, resulting in net overpayments of approximately $221,000 for the audit period. On the basis of our sample results, we estimated that the Hospital received overpayments of at least $1.4 million for the audit period. These errors occurred primarily because the Hospital did not have adequate controls to prevent the incorrect billing of Medicare claims within the selected risk areas that contained errors.

Report Type
Audit
Location

NC
United States

Number of Recommendations
3
Questioned Costs
$1,488,468
Funds for Better Use
$0
External Entity
North Carolina Baptist Hospital

Department of Health & Human Services OIG

United States