Dr. Bob, the group’s compliance officer, has HIPAA on his mind almost all the time, that is, when he’s not thinking about coding or Stark or the federal Anti-Kickback Statute. So he made sure that his notebook computer’s disk drive was encrypted. And, at the end of the computer’s useful life, he took care to […]
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The speed limit’s 70 mph. I’m not going to tell you how fast I’m going, but I’m going with the flow of traffic, which is traveling at a lot more than the speed limit. Would a defense of, “but everyone is speeding” actually work?
Thought you had settled on “being exclusive?” Think again. Have you boxed yourself in by not having any other business?
Last week, the California Insurance Commissioner and the Orange County District Attorney shut down a $40 million fraudulent medical billing and kickback operation by filing criminal charges against 21 doctors plus 5 others: pharmacists and purported “medical group management company” owners. Involved are Tanya Moreland King and her husband Christopher King, the owners of medical […]
Once again, the facility is no longer an ASC either for safe harbor or for Medicare billing purposes.
Hitch a ride with Mark and learn about the federal government’s growing push to penalize noncompliance with healthcare regulations including their attempt to federalize alleged violations of purely state law.
What good is an exclusive contract if the facility demands that it become non-exclusive?
What good is an exclusive contract if the facility demands that it become non-exclusive?
Is that carve out from your exclusive contract really a kickback to referring physicians?
Attack a company model arrangement as soon as the threat surfaces.