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S. 1704 (104th)

Reduction In Medicare Overpayment Costs Act of 1996

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Introduced

25 April 1996

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

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Summary

Reduction In Medicare Overpayment Costs Act of 1996 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to: (1) provide for the imposition of administrative fees for the failure of a Medicare provider to refund to the Secretary of Health and Human Services any amount by which prospective payment to the provider has exceeded actual costs by 30 percent or more (overpayment collection); and (2) require automated prepayment screening by fiscal intermediaries and the carriers of a select portion of Medicare diagnoses that Health Care Financing Administration has determined frequently result in overpayment under the program.

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