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Reduce your Medicaid billing vulnerabilities
RACs, PSCs, ZPICs, and fraud task forces have all been in the spotlight. Its time to add another acronym to your compliance plan MIC, as in Medicaid Integrity Contractor. According to a Health and Human Services report, the Medicaid error rate in 2010 was 9.4%, representing an estimated $22.5 billion in improper payments. This is why CMS is ramping up the Medicaid Integrity Program (MIP), analyzing provider claims for overpayments, abuse and fraud. Join us June 22 as industry expert and healthcare attorney Peter Keohane presents the latest intelligence on this CMS initiative and how it may impact your facility. Highlights:
- A MIC primer, including discussion of the three types of contractors, the five jurisdictions and current state of the Medicaid Integrity Program
- The interrelationship between state laws and CMS integrity manuals
- Strategies for incorporating MICs into your compliance plan
- How to address the challenges and complexities involved with MIC audits and appeals
About our presenter
This MedLearn webcast seminar is presented by Peter Keohane, JD, MPH, CPC, a nationally recognized healthcare consultant and attorney with more than 18 years of experience in the industry. He started in healthcare as a consultant and auditor, first for The Medical Management Institute and then for The CMC Group, LLC, a firm he founded. Peter has written numerous articles and textbooks on healthcare coding, compliance and other health law topics. He has also served as publisher of Medicare Compliance Alert, a biweekly publication focused on key healthcare compliance topics. Peter is the HIPAA Compliance Officer for the American Cancer Society.
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