Saith the local daily:
The federal government wants Mission Hospital to return [$443,183] in Medicare funds because of estimated billing errors, according to an audit. . . .
. . . Medicare and Medicaid cover about 75 percent of the company’s patients.
The amount was extrapolated from a review of 192 claims from over 350,000 patients served in 2011-2012. A similar audit estimated systematic errors at Duke University’s Hospital during the same period totaled $626,000.
Mission is under fire for eliminating 130 jobs deemed redundant with the intention of hiring another 147 outpatient care workers next year.
