New York QIO asked to refund $77K
Healthcare Auditing Weekly, April 15, 2008
Island Peer Review Organization, Inc. (IPRO), a Medicare Quality Improvement Organization in New York, incurred $77,358 in costs that were unallowable and $157,218 in costs that may not have complied with federal requirements between August 1, 2002, and July 31, 2005, according to an OIG audit.
The OIG recommended IPRO:
- Refund $6,755 of unallowable duplicate meal costs.
- Reduce the indirect cost pool by $10,000 for unallowable board of directors compensation.
- Refund $60,603 of incorrectly classified direct costs.
- Work with CMS to determine what portion of the $157,218 conference-related costs claimed were unreasonable.
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