Published By U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
Issued almost 10 years ago
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The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) implemented the Comprehensive Error Rate Testing (CERT) program to measure improper payments in the Medicare fee-for-service (FFS) program. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) estimated the Medicare FFS error rate from 1996 through 2002. The OIG designed its sampling method to estimate a national Medicare FFS paid claims error rate. Due to the sample size approximately 6,000 claims the OIG was unable to produce error rates by contractor type, specific contractor, service type, or provider type.