OIG: Mutual of Omaha should recoup $2.8 million
Healthcare Auditing Weekly, July 4, 2006
Mutual of Omaha is requesting that providers refund $2.8 million in overpayments for high-dollar Medicare outpatient payments.
The request comes as the result of an OIG audit that concluded the insurance provider made 28 incorrect, high-dollar Medicare payments.
Click here read the OIG report "Excessive Payments for Outpatient Services Processed by Mutual of Omaha."
In other news, the OIG also found that the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development did not appropriately report $162,701 in program income for child support collections and related interest. This amount included a federal share of $107,383.
Click here read the OIG report "Review of Undistributable Child Support Collections in Wisconsin From October 1, 1998, Through September 30, 2005."
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