Medicare Payment Error Rate Increases in FY 2009
February 21st, 2010 admin
Earlier this month, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) posted the results of the fiscal year (FY) 2009 Comprehensive Error Rate Testing (CERT) program. According to the report , the national error rate for Medicare fee-for-service claims increased from 3.6 percent in FY 2008 to 7.8 percent in FY 2009. CMS projects that the 7.8 percent error rate reflects approximately $23.0 billion in overpayments and $1.1 billion in underpayments. According to CMS, the national error rate increase for…
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