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[QUOTE]Comprehensive Outpatient Rehabilitation Facilities (CORFs) in Florida were the most expensive Medicare outpatient therapy providers in 2002, according to a new study by the US Government Accountability Office (GAO). The study, requested by the Senate Finance Committee, found that per-patient therapy payments to CORFs were two to three times higher than payments to other facility-based providers, primarily due to a higher volume of services and more intensive services per visit. Patient characteristics such as age, sex, disability, and prior hospitalization did not account for the higher payments, the study concluded. GAO urged the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to direct its Florida contractor to medically review a larger number of CORF claims to reduce the risk of improper billing.
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