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NJ Practice Busted for Providing PT, Claiming Surgeries
Modifier misuse, POS coding errors might be partly responsible for one physician’s legal troubles. A New Jersey practice allegedly overbilled Medicare by almost $5 million by fraudulently reporting lymphedema procedures to its carrier. Although the practice billed for surgery that…
Continue reading...OIG Takes Aim at Physician POS Coding Errors
20. July 2009
Physician coders, billers & compliance officers: If you feel like place of service errors are insignificant, you should know that the OIG feels otherwise. You may be aware of the fact that your physician earns higher reimbursement when he performs a service in his office…
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29. July 2009
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