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Recommendation Details
Text of Recommendation
We recommend that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services instruct Palmetto GBA to recover $72,208 in unallowable Medicare payments by adjusting the applicable OPOs' cost reports to correct the $148,750 of unallowable professional and public education overhead costs reported, consistent with relevant laws and the agency's policies and procedures.
Recommendation Number
23-A-09-102.01
Recommendation Status
Open
Significant Recommendation
No
Recommendation Questioned Costs
$72,208
Recommendation Funds for Better Use
$0
Associated Report Details
Submitting OIG
Department of Health & Human Services OIG
Linked Report
Medicare Paid Independent Organ Procurement Organizations Over Half a Million Dollars for Professional and Public Education Overhead Costs That Did Not Meet Medicare Requirements