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Audit (A-06-08-00084)

03-11-2009
Review of Oxaliplatin Billing at Baptist Hospitals of Southeast Texas for Calendar Years 2004 and 2005

Executive Summary

For calendar years 2004 and 2005, Baptist Hospitals of Southeast Texas (Baptist) actually provided the drug darbepoetin rather than oxaliplatin, for which it billed, on two dates of service and could not support that it had provided oxaliplatin to the beneficiary for two other dates of service. Baptist received overpayments totaling $63,000 for the four dates of service.

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