According to an audit from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the agency paid $1.48 million in benefits for services performed for patients after their date of death, the Washington Free Beacon reports.
Here's what you need to know.
1. The payments are considered improper "because medically necessary services cannot be provided after a Medicare beneficiary dies," the audit reads.
2. CMS was able to prevent most improper payments, it could not identify not recoup all of them.
3. The agency processed 1,047 claims worth $1,480,913 after a person had died.
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