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Tag: ASC
Fraud on Fridays: Fraud on Physicians in the ASC Setting
When you think about fraud at an ASC, you tend to think about fraud on payers, from Medicare to well, Blue Cross. You know, cases that never happened, patients who didn’t suffer from any medical issue, and the like. But what about fraud on physicians at an ASC? Because physicians hardly think about it, it…
Supermodel Your Way to Healthcare Industry Success
Few doubt that things need fixing in healthcare. But many, from DIYer docs to industry leaders, suffer from being inside an echo chamber.
The Latest on H.R. 2191 Revising Stark’s Prohibitions on Physician Ownership of Hospitals
Here’s the latest on H.R. 2191, the legislation to amend the Stark Law in regard to physician investment in or ownership of hospitals.
The Crisis Caused By the Lack of Crisis Planning.
Although any particular crisis can’t be predicted, classes of crisis are capable of prediction and, even if that is not true of a specific situation, the way in which your group or business will respond to a crisis can, should, and must be planned far in advance.
Lesson from McKinsey – Avoiding Consultants from Hell
Are you sure those consultants are helping to improve your business? Or are they potentially sending you to jail?
More On Overturning the No Surprises Act
It you haven’t yet read it, see my December 16, 2024, post, Now’s The Time to Overturn the No Surprises Act, for part 1 of this thread.
When that post was published on LinkedIn, my friend James Prudden commented, asking me how patients would be protected if the No Surprises Act were repealed. Here’s my response to James.
Now’s The Time to Overturn the No Surprises Act
Re-frame the issue for what it really is: Surprise physician services stealing. Now’s the time for the No Surprises Act, and each state counterpart, to go.
Probably the Most Valuable Anti-Kickback Lesson of All Time
Although no one is going to do time as a result of thinking that wet sidewalks cause rain, in the case of the federal Anti-Kickback Statute, confusion over correlation can put you in jail.
Why Reverse Kickbacks Can Send You Back Up the River
Cars go in reverse. So do ceiling fans and electric drills. But did you know that kickbacks go in reverse, too, and that there’s no safe harbor for that?