The error rate in reimbursing Medicare fee-for-service claims dropped in 2006 to 4.4% from 5.2% the year before, saving the federal program $1.3 billion in improper payouts, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services recently announced.

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November 6, 2006 - Table of Contents

NIR November 6, 2006 (full PDF issue)

Final Medicare Rule Cuts Physician Fees, Punts on Pod Labs

Hopes Dim for Lab Workforce Legislation

Industry Anxious Over Proposed New ‘Home Brew’ Controls

The Changing Landscape of Supply/Demand, Clinical Practice

Medicare to Expand Physician Quality Measures in 2007

Medicare Payment Errors Continue to Drop, Says CMS

Medicare Managed Care Watch