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Return of the Audits

Published in Billing, Reimbursement, Audits and Compliance on August 13, 2020

HME Business recently wrote about the news that CMS planned to resume audits by Aug. 3 and that it took many by surprise. Then CMS said it would resume audits in a phased approach. What are the details and what can providers expect?

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