CMS and its contractors have adopted few program integrity practices to address vulnerabilities in EHRS.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

United States. Department of Health and Human Services. Office of Inspector General, author.

Contributor:

Levinson, Daniel R.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (U.S.)--Auditing.

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (U.S.).

Medical records--Data processing--Security measures--United States.

Medical records.

Government contractors--United States--Auditing.

Government contractors.

Waste in government spending--United States.

Waste in government spending.

Fraud--United States.

Fraud.

Electronic Health Records.

Fraud--prevention & control.

United States.

Auditing.

Government contractors--Auditing.

Medical Subjects:

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (U.S.).

Electronic Health Records.

Fraud--prevention & control.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (13 pages) : illustrations

Other Title:

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services contractors have adopted few program integrity practices to address vulnerabilities in EHRS

Running title: CMS and its contractors have adopted few program integrity practices to address vulnerabilities in electronic health records

Place of Publication:

[Washington, D.C.] : Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General, 2014.

Summary:

Although EHR technology may make it easier to perpetrate fraud, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and its contractors have not adjusted their practices for identifying and investigating fraud in EHRs. Our report made two recommendations. First, CMS should provide guidance to its contractors on detecting fraud associated with EHRs. CMS could work with contractors to identify best practices and develop guidance and tools for detecting fraud associated with EHRs. Second, CMS should direct its contractors to use providers' audit logs. Audit log data distinguish EHRs from paper medical records and could be valuable to CMS's contractors when reviewing medical records. CMS concurred with our first recommendation and partially concurred with our second recommendation.

Notes:

Title from title caption (viewed on June 5, 2014).

"OEI-01-11-00571."

"January 2014."

Includes bibliographical references.

OCLC:

883370753