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Alta Bates Medical Center Inaccurately Reported Wage Data, Resulting in Medicare Overpayments

Issued on  | Posted on  | Report number: A-09-14-02035

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Alta Bates Medical Center, located in Berkeley, California, did not comply with all Medicare requirements for reporting wage data in its fiscal year 2010 Medicare cost report. We estimated that, as a result, in 2014 Medicare overpaid the Medical Center $154,000 and overpaid 32 other hospitals in 2 core-based statistical areas a total of approximately $5.3 million.

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Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
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Notice

This report may be subject to section 5274 of the National Defense Authorization Act Fiscal Year 2023, 117 Pub. L. 263.