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Inappropriate, questionable billing for test strips, says OIG

August 27, 2013HME News Staff

WASHINGTON - Medicare inappropriately allowed $6 million in claims for diabetes test strips in 2011, according to a report from the Office of Inspector General (OIG). The claims were for beneficiaries without a documented diagnosis code for diabetes, or for beneficiaries who were in hospitals or skilled nursing facilities. The OIG also found that $425 million in Medicare-allowed claims had characteristics of questionable billing, and that suppliers in 10 geographic areas nationwide were responsible...

Diabetes, Office of Inspector General (OIG), Questionable billing, test strips

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