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CMS Targeted Probe and Educate Audit Program
By Jeanne A. Gilreath, CHBME, Senior Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer One of the many programs CMS has implemented to help providers identify billing issues is the Targeted Probe and Educate (TPE) audit program. It is designed to identify providers with high denial rates or unusual billing practices according to CMS. If a provider is…
Laboratory Economics Survey Highlights Increase in Industry Concern around Pathology Reimbursement
By Steve MacCrea, Director of Account Management A recent study by Laboratory Economics (LE) –an independent research and analysis firm focusing on pathology and the laboratory services industry– shows that 82.4% of labs and pathologists cite declining reimbursement as one of the industry’s biggest challenges. During the month of July, LE disseminated it’s Anatomic Pathology & Clinical…
