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Medicare Should Ax Hospital Billing Settlement, Rep. Says
Law360, New York (September 17, 2014, 5:19 PM ET) – Medicare should scrap plans to settle thousands of disputed inpatient billing claims because the proposal may overcompensate hospitals, the chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee’s health panel said in a letter released Tuesday. The letter from Rep. Kevin Brady, R-Texas, outlined “serious concerns” with a proposal from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to pay 68 cents on the dollar if hospitals drop appeals of inpatient billing claims that auditors rejected after determining care should have been delivered on an outpatient basis….Read More
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