GAO Finds CMS Oversight to Reduce Improper Billing Needs Improvement

A new Government Accountability Office (GAO) report is critical of the failure on the part of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to require that Medicare Administrative Contractors (MACs) educate referring providers relative to home health care and durable medical equipment (DME). The Medicare Fee-for-Service Program made incorrect payments of $41.1 billion in…