{"id":11668,"date":"2018-10-03T09:10:07","date_gmt":"2018-10-03T13:10:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=11668"},"modified":"2018-10-03T09:10:41","modified_gmt":"2018-10-03T13:10:41","slug":"audit-finds-medicare-paid-inpatient-rehabilitation-facilities-5-7-billion-in-one-year-for-not-necessary-care","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=11668","title":{"rendered":"Audit finds Medicare paid inpatient rehabilitation facilities $5.7 billion in one year for unnecessary care"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">A new audit from the Office of the Inspector General at the Department of Health and Human Services shows Medicare paid hospital-based inpatient rehabilitation facilities $5.7 billion in one year for care that was not reasonable and necessary. The study showed 45 of the 220 sampled inpatient rehabilitation facilities (IRF) stays complied with all Medicare coverage and documentation requirements. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthleadersmedia.com\/medicare-paid-57b-not-reasonable-and-necessary-inpatient-rehab-care\">Read article here\u2026<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/DHS-Office-of-Inspector-General.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-9962\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/DHS-Office-of-Inspector-General-300x74.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"74\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/DHS-Office-of-Inspector-General-300x74.jpg 300w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/DHS-Office-of-Inspector-General.jpg 623w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<pre>Notice: The link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. The URL (internet address) for this link is valid on the posted date; medicarereport.org cannot guarantee the duration of the link\u2019s validity. Also, the opinions expressed in these postings are the viewpoints of the original source and are not explicitly endorsed by AMAC, Inc.; the AMAC Foundation, Inc.; or medicarereport.org.<\/pre>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new audit from the Office of the Inspector General at the Department of Health and Human Services shows Medicare<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36,21,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11668","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dhs-oig","category-health-care-finance","category-medicare-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11668","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11668"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11668\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11670,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11668\/revisions\/11670"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11668"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11668"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11668"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}