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Report No. A-01-15-00500

OIG Audit Findings: Many Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility Stays Did Not Meet Medicare Requirements (October 10, 2018)

[10/17/18]

Posted on October 17, 2018 in Health Law News

Published by: Hall Render

In September 2018, HHS Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) issued audit Report No. A-01-15-00500 (the “Report”) finding that out of 220 randomly sampled inpatient rehabilitation facility (“IRF”) stays from 2013, nearly 80 percent did not meet Medicare coverage and documentation requirements. Specifically, for 175 of the 220 sampled stays at 135 IRFs, the medical record... READ MORE

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