Many Medicare Claims For Outpatient Physical Therapy Services Did Not Comply With Medicare Requirements (A-05-14-00041)

The report was released on March 23, 2018, by the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) for the federal Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The OIG analyzed a sample of 300 Medicare claims for outpatient physical therapy services. Within this sample, 61% of the claims did not comply with Medicare medical necessity, coding, or documentation requirements . . .