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Lori-Ann Rickard

Recruit New Patients…Go to Jail?

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...
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Patients Will Be Viewing Your EMR?

Healthcare providers must face the next HIPAA frontier: Stage 2 Meaningful Use.  Starting October 1, 2013, Electronic Medical Records (EMR) in some hospitals must provide...
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Will Retirees Be Affected by ObamaCare?

Many patients are confused about how ObamaCare and Medicare relate to each other?  If your patient is retired, will they have to sign up for...
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3 Things To Do To Guarantee Healthcare Fraud

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...
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Do You Know Where Your Computers Are?

Would you notice if some of the computers were missing from your office?  How about laptops? In Chicago, 4 million patients’ data is at risk...
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Get Ready for Medicaid Expansion

Ready or not, Medicaid is rapidly expanding throughout the country due to the passage of ObamaCare.  State after state is expanding their Medicaid rolls.  Even...
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Your Pharmacist Might Be A Drug Dealer

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...
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Is Your Drug Rep Reporting You?

The answer is “yes.”  Did you know that drug companies are required to report to the government any payments or financial interest they pay to...
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Is Your Doctor Taking Medicare?

Surprisingly, the answer is likely “yes.”  As reimbursement continues to drop for doctors, more doctors are accepting Medicare patients than ever before.  Doctors that don’t...
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Are You Working With A Whistle-Blower?

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...
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