ZPIC Extrapolation

Don’t Take ZPIC Extrapolation Calculations at Face Value

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(July 14, 2010): Imagine a Zone Program Integrity Contractor (ZPIC) handing you a claim analysis rife with alleged errors, an indecipherable list of statistical formulae, and an extrapolated recovery demand that will cripple your practice or clinic. What steps should you take to analyze their work? Based on our experience, providers can and should carefully […]

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Can a ZPIC Extrapolate the Alleged Damages in a Medicare Claims Audit?

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(July 12, 2010): Can a ZPIC extrapolate the alleged damages in a case. If the ZPIC’s statistical methodology is properly handled, the extrapolation of alleged damages can be a surefire way of destroying a provider’s practice. We’ve known it for years and yet the government’s passion for statistical sampling only seems to be growing. This

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