The Office of Inspector General (OIG) has turned its expansive gaze on a vast number of problematic inpatient coding and compliance hotspots in 2007, including DRG assignment, inpatient status versus observation, and specialty hospital long-term care. The OIG released its Work Plan on September 25. These audit areas are a mix of old and new targets, which is typical of the OIG, observers say.
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