HHS says overpayments would have to be reported and returned by “60 days after the date on which the overpayment was identified; or any corresponding cost report is due, if applicable,” according to a notice of proposed rule-making in the Feb. 16 Federal Register.
Examples of overpayments under this proposed definition are:
• Medicare payments for noncovered services
• Medicare payments in excess of the allowable amount for an identified covered service
• Errors and nonreimbursable expenditures in cost reports
• Duplicate payments
• Receipt of Medicare payment when another payer had the primary responsibility for payment
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