The Work Plan notes that Medicare reimbursements are higher for services performed in the physician’s office than in a hospital outpatient department and, with certain exceptions, in an ASC.
“We will determine whether physicians properly coded the places of service on claims for services provided in ASCs and hospital outpatient departments,” the Work Plan states.
Learn more about the 2010 OIG Work Plan.
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