OIG: Poor Oversight Led Medicare to Overpay for Hospital Inpatient Claims with Post-Acute-Care Transfers to Home Health

A new report from the Office of Inspector General (OIG) has found that Medicare improperly paid most inpatient claims to the transfer policy when beneficiaries resumed homoe health services within three days of of discharge but the hospitals failed to code the inpatient claim properly and recommends the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)…