HealthCare Notes

6/21/11

Medicare Is A More Accurate Payer Than Private Insurers

Medicare Is A More Accurate Payer Than Private Insurers: "pGiven this recent report, which found that “claims-processing errors among commercial insurers add an estimated $17 billion in unnecessary administrative costs to the healthcare system annually,” Ezra Klein points out that ”Medicare is the most accurate payer, with an average accuracy rate of over 96 percent”:/p"