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Audit (A-02-11-01017)

08-07-2014
Servicios Suplementarios de Salud, Inc., Improperly Claimed Medicare Reimbursement for Some Hospice Services

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Summary

Servicios Suplementarios de Salud, Inc. (the Hospice), located in Puerto Rico, claimed Medicare reimbursement for some hospice services that did not comply with certain Medicare requirements. Of the 100 beneficiary-months in our random sample for which the Hospice claimed Medicare reimbursement, 82 beneficiary-months complied with Medicare requirements, but 18 did not.

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