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The Medicare program depends on the integrity of “trusted contractors” to process and pay Medicare claims. This past week, one of those “trusted contractors” operating in New Jersey, BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee, agreed to pay the federal government $2.1 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act<\/a>. <\/p>\n

BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee operated as the primary Medicare Part A Fiscal Intermediary for New Jersey, under the name “Riverbend Government Benefit Administrators.”<\/p>\n

The government had alleged that BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee “failed to adjust the cost-to-charge ratios for many New Jersey hospitals in a timely manner between 2000 and 2002 that resulted in the payment of excessive ‘outlier payments’ by Medicare program to those medical facilities.” The “outlier payments” are supplemental reimbursements to hospitals in situations when the cost of care is unusually high, which are paid “to ensure that hospitals possess the incentive to treat inpatients whose care requires unusually high costs,” as described in the government’s announcement. <\/p>\n

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The Medicare program depends on the integrity of “trusted contractors” to process and pay Medicare claims. This past week, one of those “trusted contractors” operating in New Jersey, BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee, agreed to pay the federal government $2.1 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act. 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