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July 17, 2020   
Health Law Weekly

OIG: Hospitals Overbilled Medicare by $1 Billion Based on Incorrect Coding

  • July 17, 2020

Hospitals received estimated overpayments of $1 billion for fiscal years (FYs) 2016 and 2017 based on incorrect use of severe malnutrition diagnosis codes, the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) said in a report posted July 15.
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