GOV’T AUDIT INSIDER: Unallowed and unsupported costs at Seattle hospital
Healthcare Auditing Weekly, April 26, 2005
Virginia Mason Medical Center in Seattle improperly claimed acquisition costs associated with kidney and pancreas transplants in 1997-1999, according to an OIG audit report. The audit found that Virginia Mason claimed $268,848 in unallowable costs and approximately $1.3 million in unsupported costs. The OIG recommends that Virginia Mason recover the unallowable costs; determine which of the unsupported costs are allowable and recover those that aren't; monitor future claims; and develop and maintain adequate reporting and accounting controls.
During the audit, the OIG did the following:
Click here to read the audit report, "Audit of Virginia Mason Medical Center's Organ Acquisition Costs Claimed for the Period January 1, 1997, Through December 31, 1999," (A-10-03-00010) issued March 25.
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