This week's note from the instructor examines the impact of the Outpatient Prospective Payment System and Medicare Physician Fee Schedule final rules on critical access hospitals (CAH) and rural health clincis (RHC).
Q: Does a Notice of Privacy Practices (NPP) have to be included in a lobby or just handed out to patients during admission? What are good practices generally with the NPP?
Carolinas Hospital in Florence, South Carolina, received $431,757 in Medicare overpayments for incorrectly billed inpatient and outpatient services, according to an Office of Inspector General (OIG) audit report released November 26. Based on the sample, the OIG estimates the hospital may have received at least $3.4 million in overpayments.
