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Review of Mutual of Omaha's Medicare Part A Emergency Department Adjustments for Inpatient Psychiatric Facilities

Issued on  | Posted on  | Report number: A-01-07-00519

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Executive Summary

Mutual of Omaha (Mutual) made overpayments to hospital-based inpatient psychiatric facilities (IPF) as a result of incorrect coding on claims for beneficiaries who had been admitted to the IPF upon discharge from the acute care section of the same hospital. Based on our sample results, we estimate that Mutual overpaid hospital-based IPFs $213,000 for incorrectly coded claims for stays during calendar years 2005 and 2006.

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HHS Agencies
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.