# HHSOIG - A-09-21-03021 - 23-A-09-068.05
> **Open** recommendation · 2023-05-02
**Report:** Medicare Improperly Paid Providers for Some Psychotherapy Services, Including Those Provided via Telehealth, During the First Year of the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency ([detail](https://api.ai-analytics.org/ig-report/35276))
**OIG report number:** A-09-21-03021
**Recommendation number:** 23-A-09-068.05
## Text
Now that CMS has reinstituted most program integrity measures, we also recommend that CMS take the following steps, which if in effect during the audit period could have saved Medicare an estimated $579,667,510 during that period: Strengthen educational efforts to make providers aware of educational materials on how to meet Medicare requirements and guidance for psychotherapy services, including services provided via telehealth.
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