Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement
Industry Note:
MAC Offers New TPE Advice in Q-and-A Set
Published on Wed Jul 24, 2019
If you鈥檝e got questions about the Targeted Probe and Educate (TPE) medical review program facilitated by the Medicare Administrative Contractors (MACs), look no further. MAC Palmetto GBA uploaded a new question-and-answer set to its 鈥淢edical Review鈥� online guidance. The Q-and-A, which references questions specifically from Palmetto GBA鈥檚 TPE 鈥淗ot Topics鈥� teleconference on June 3, covers various medical review issues on topics like: Review the TPE guidance at .
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