Posts Tagged ‘Medicaid National Correct Coding Initiative’
States’ failure to implement NCCI edits cost Medicaid program billions annually
Improper payments to healthcare providers cost the Medicaid program approximately $17.5 billion in fiscal year 2014, according to a new report from the HHS Office of the Inspector General. The reason: States’ failure to fully implement or properly use Medicaid National Correct Coding Initiative (NCCI) edits. The purpose of the NCCI edits is to prevent…
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