OIG Reports Cancelled Elective Surgeries Cost Medicare $38.2 Million in 2009 and 2010
On August 5, 2013, the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) released a report stating that Medicare received an estimated $38.2 million in prospective Part A inpatient hospital payments in calendar years 2009 and 2010 for short-stay, canceled elective surgery admissions that were not reasonable and necessary. The report was […]