The most common types of fraud, according to the National Healthcare Anti-Fraud Association, involve billing for services not provided, upcharging for services rendered, providing false diagnoses, overbilling a co-pay and accepting kickbacks.
Since ICD-10 is a new way of producing data, the algorithms may temporarily struggle to correctly interpret data. This could allow more undetected fraud to slip through than normal.
Though a real solution will take time, the AMA now recommends payors increase the timeliness of payments, make the rules for editing medical claims more transparent and reverse the trend of denying claims.
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