title: Oversight overload: harried hospitals say the growing number of billing audits they face could actually increase costs.
abstract: Providers say the administration's growing emphasis on billing audits is pushing them to the limit and threatens to increase their costs. Many billing problems stem from simple errors, not fraud, they say. "When you get into the nuts and bolts of some of these programs you realize it's not as easy as taking the overpayment line out of the budget," says Michael Regier, of VHA.
authors.forename: Rich
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Daly
mesh_terms: D000067:Accounts Payable and Receivable; D014487:Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, U.S. / Q000191:economics* / Q000592:standards; D003363:Cost Control / Q000379:methods; D005375:Financial Audit / Q000191:economics* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D005377:Financial Management, Hospital / Q000191:economics* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D005607:Fraud / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000517:prevention & control; D033161:Government Regulation; D006801:Humans; D011057:Politics; D014481:United States