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Improper payments for HME decrease

Improper payments for HME decrease

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By HME News Staff

Updated Thu November 29, 2018

WASHINGTON - The improper payment rate for DMEPOS decreased from 46.2% in 2016 to 35.5% in 2018, representing a decrease of $1.14 billion, according to a bulletin from AAHomecare. The improper payment rate for all Medicare fee-for-service decreased from 9.5% in 2017 to 8.1% in 2018. The association met with CMS's Comprehensive Error Rate Testing team in June to explore ways to continue to improve error rates.

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