Alchemists struggled without success for centuries attempting to turn lead into gold.
Compliance
Another Hospital System Settles Whistleblower Allegations That Outpatients Were “Turned Into” Inpatients – Medical Group Minute
Alchemists struggled without success for centuries attempting to turn lead into gold.
Don’t Shoot the Messenger! Reduce False Claims Act Liability – Success in Motion
Ride along with Mark as he discusses why medical groups shoot themselves in the compliance foot by shooting the messenger.
Allegations of Underpaid Debt Lands Big Healthcare Players in Whistleblower Hell – Podcast
When physicians think about allegations of kickbacks in the context of large insurers, it’s generally related to how a carrier’s internal “claims cops” have alleged that some physician or other provider engaged in a kickback scheme…
Another Hospital System Settles Whistleblower Allegations That Outpatients Were “Turned Into” Inpatients
Alchemists struggled without success for centuries attempting to turn lead into gold. Will hospitals struggle that long in their quest to turn outpatients into inpatients? Prime Healthcare Services, Inc. (“Prime”), headquartered in Ontario, California, and Prime’s Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Dr. Prem Reddy. On February 14, 2019, the Department of Justice announced that Prime…
What You Need to Know About the High Cost of 15 Minutes of Fame, HIPAA Edition – Podcast
A little bit more than 15 minutes of fame, just cost three Boston area hospitals, Boston Medical Center, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and Massachusetts General Hospital, a collective $999,000.
How Many Felonies Have You Committed Today? – Medical Group Minute
How many compliance related crimes have you or your colleagues or employees committed today?
Far Too “Friendly Physician” Pleads Guilty in $60 Million Healthcare Fraud – Medical Group Minute
What’s your medical license worth?
Conflicts of Interest: Do You Have One?
Conflicts of interest. Everyone’s talking about them. Do you have one? They’re apparently bad. Or are they? But what in the heck does “conflict of interest” even mean? When you think about it, “conflict of interest” is a term of a type similar to those other PC favorites, “greed” and “fair share” (which, by the…
One Giant Leap Toward Success: Avoid One Simple Misstep for “Fraud-kind” – Podcast
If you’re a physician, it’s all too likely that you’re uncertain about the future, feel the pressure of an all too real governmentally imposed ceiling on your income, and have even less control than ever over your time.