Upcoding in medicare: where does it matter most?
Abstract Upcoding in Medicare has been a topic of interest to economists and policy makers for nearly 40 years. While upcoding is generally understood as “billing for services at higher level of complexity than the service actually pro- vided or documented,” it has a wide range of definitions within...
Main Authors: | Keith A. Joiner, Jianjing Lin, Juan Pantano |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2024-01-01
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Series: | Health Economics Review |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s13561-023-00465-4 |
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