--- title: PMI Blog | medical billing (2) description: medical billing | Information and resources from Practice Management Institute - PMI (2) image: https://info.pmimd.com/hubfs/Untitled%20design%20(7).png --- [![pmi-logo-white-on-blue](https://info.pmimd.com/hs-fs/hubfs/pmi-logo-white-on-blue.png?width=174&name=pmi-logo-white-on-blue.png "pmi-logo-white-on-blue")](https://www.pmimd.com/) - [About PMI](https://www.pmimd.com/about/) - [Online Training Center](https://www.pmimd.com/onlinetraining/) - [Instructors](https://www.pmimd.com/instructors.php) - [Contact Us](https://www.pmimd.com/contact.asp) ## [Identifying Medicare Overpayments and How to Resolve Them](https://info.pmimd.com/blog/identifying-medicare-overpayments-and-how-to-resolve-them) Posted by [Practice Management Institute](https://info.pmimd.com/blog/author/practice-management-institute) on Aug 1, 2019, 4:22:44 PM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![medicarefraud](https://info.pmimd.com/hubfs/medicarefraud.jpg)](https://info.pmimd.com/blog/identifying-medicare-overpayments-and-how-to-resolve-them) In a busy medical practice, the risk of error runs high. This is a dangerous assertion when you consider that mistakes in a medical record can negatively impact a patient’s health. Mistakes made repeatedly in medical claims may flag your practice for an audit and, if overpayments are found, can result in huge fines and penalties from the government. 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These are huge margins for healthcare providers already squeezed by insurers and increasing costs of care. You may wonder if the grass is greener on the other side. 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