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stored in: Tim Rowan's Home Care Technology Report and tagged: awardees of UPIC contracts and scope of services, UPIC and ZPIC CMS-directed auditing programs--contractors' views of work assignments and management's expertise, UPIC--the CMS's Unified Program Integrity Contractor--and its move to improve efficiency and coordination of data anaslysis of federal programs like Medicare and Medicaid, Zone Program Integrity Contractors (ZPICs) [comprising investigators and auditors of Medicare's 4 Zon healthcare providers]--and review of employees' work environment
By Tim Rowan, Editor & Publisher of Home Care Technology Report This seems to be happening more and more often lately. Investigators and auditors working for Medicare’s four Zone Program Integrity Contractors cite an error of care — or documentation of care — and demand repayment from a healthcare provider. Upon appeal, the payment is […]
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