Archive for The Day of October 10th, 2005
Archive for the Day of October 10th, 2005
Welcome to the medical billing blog archive for the day of October 10th, 2005.
Here you will find links to every article added to the Outsource Management Group web site during October 10th, 2005.
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DME Fraud Claims Settled
DME Fraud Claims Settled AdminaStar Federal Inc. agreed to pay six million dollars to the federal government due to medical billing fraud allegations. This durable medical equipment company allegedly overcharged Medicare and intervened with their Medicare evaluations. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services hopes this settlement gives the warning to all that medical billing fraud is not acceptable among their contractors. AdminaStar Federal Inc. was uncovered by two whistle blower medical billing lawsuits. They were in Indianapolis and fell under the False Claims Act. Apparently from 1991-1998, the medical billing employees at AdminaStar knowingly changed claim information. They also would hang up on customers just to appear to have …
Itemized Bills Help Catch Billing Errors
Itemized Bills Help Catch Billing Errors In billing, itemized medical charges prevent overcharging errors. It is estimated that about 5% of all medical bills contain large errors. This is huge. It means that if you have a $10,000 medical bill, on average, $500 has been billed in error. Many of these errors are the product of unitemized bills, or itemized medical bills with hard to read verbiage. Patient-friendly itemized medical billing will help ensure medical billing errors are not overlooked. For the most part, large medical billing mistakes are not done on purpose in a fraudulent manner. Many times billers don’t catch the over billed amount. Then the claim is …
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