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Medicare Paid Twice for Ambulance Services Subject to SNF Consolidated Billing

[04/19/19]

Posted on April 19, 2019 in Health Law News

Published by: Hall Render

Summary In a February 2019 report, No. A-01-17-00506, HHS Office of the Inspector General (“OIG”) determined that Medicare made Part B payments to ambulance suppliers for transportation services that were covered through the Medicare Part A payments to skilled nursing facilities (“SNF”) as part of consolidated billing requirements. With certain exceptions, the SNF Part... READ MORE

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