Do you have a financial interest in an ancillary healthcare service? You could be accused of fraud. Many doctors owned imaging services, diagnostic labs, pharmacies,...Read More
Is your office getting ready for the start of ObamaCare October 1, 2013. Be prepared for your patients to be inundated with calls from fraudsters...Read More
Homecare and outpatient physical/occupational therapy continue to be under scrutiny by the Federal Government. These areas of healthcare are easy to commit fraud. Recently, in...Read More
With ObamaCare around the corner, doctor’s offices are likely to have many new patients and expanding offices. In this ever changing environment, it is...Read More
What does your office do to recruit new patients? Newsletters, Advertising, etc? Some healthcare providers hire “patient recruiters” to pick up patients and transport them...Read More
To commit healthcare fraud you should 1) set your billing system to only bill the highest level codes; 2) have more billings than your closest...Read More
A 62 year old Maryland pharmacist was sentenced to 30 months in prison for healthcare fraud for billing Medicare and Medicaid for illegal prescriptions. The...Read More
Many doctors and healthcare providers think they will never be accused of healthcare fraud. “It can never happen to me,” is the attitude many doctors...Read More
In a healthcare fraud audit, the government is reviewing patient documentation for evidence of fraud. Is the provider billing for care solely to increase...Read More
Although the majority of healthcare providers are honest people, doing great work, there are still some providers committing fraud. This is one example in Oakland...Read More
