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Don’t Let Patients’ Financial Hardship Become Yours
Discounts and write-offs are options, if you follow these guidelines. That a patient may have trouble paying his bills because of financial difficulty is a discouraging fact of the modern economic climate. While you certainly remain concerned for your patients’…
Continue reading...Renal Care Group Slapped With $19.4 Million CMP
Monday, April 5, 2010
Mother company Fresenius denies fraud allegations with an appeal. The federal court’s verdict is guilty, and Nashville company Renal Care Group (RCG) gets $19.4 million penalty for taking advantage of Medicare’s End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) program by organizing another…
Continue reading...J&J PowerPoint Kickback Case Lesson: Keep Those Intentions Clean!
Monday, February 1, 2010
3 precautions every provider should take when presenting finanicials. The feds continue to hassle Johnson & Johnson and Omnicare for their financial relationship, and now they’ve got a PowerPoint presentation to add to their contention that…
Continue reading...Happy New Year: States Increasing Medicaid Fraud Enforcement
Monday, January 4, 2010
If you thought having a Medicare compliance plan was enough to keep you out of hot water with the feds, think again. States are increasing enforcement efforts to root out Medicaid fraud, and the feds have decided…
Continue reading...Dissected: Health Care Fraud Enforcement Act of 2009
Sunday, November 15, 2009
Photo: Mary Ann Reitano Bill would make it easier for prosecutors to link kickback violations with false claims. It’s clear that some legislators think that regulators still don’t have the statutory tools…
Continue reading...‘Sub-Standard Care’ the Crux of Medicaid FCA Case
Monday, November 9, 2009
Therapists formerly employed at a residential treatment center blow the whistle. Many times, False Claims Act cases in health care hinge on the fact that claims were submitted to Medicare or Medicaid when no actual care was provided at all.…
Continue reading...FERA Expands FCA Liability to Subcontractors
Monday, October 26, 2009
Find out why the feds are looking even harder at HHA & hospice therapy services. As if worrying about compliance with the False Claims Act wasn’t enough: As part of the follow-on to the 2009 stimulus package,…
Continue reading...Whistleblower Watch: New Law Toughens False Claims Act
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
What looked like a law that cracks down on mortgage and financial fraud packs a punch to health care reimbursement. If you’ve watched the news over the summer, you’re aware that President Obama signed the Federal Enforcement and Recovery Act (FERA) of…
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Monday, April 12, 2010
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