Don’t set yourself up to go to prison by thinking you are setting the government up to overpay you.
Tag: fraud
A Simple Rule For Compliance: Clinical Need Not Fiscal Greed
OK, it’s a softball question: When is it improper to bill for a case?
OIG Hangs Up on Telehealth Fraud. Should You Answer the Call?
Often lost on physicians is the fact that even though they might not be the moving party involved in the scam, liability falls on both sides of a kickback scheme.
I Can’t Wait to Become a Partner
Partnership is, it appears, the Holy Grail that, once grasped, results in eternal professional success. But what does partnership really mean?
Doctor Settles Allegations but Doesn’t Admit She Can’t Be Two Places at the Same Time – Podcast
That’s odd, because physicians sometime demonstrate that ability, at least on billing records.
Doctor Settles Allegations but Doesn’t Admit She Can’t Be Two Places at the Same Time – Medical Group Minute
That’s odd, because physicians sometime demonstrate that ability, at least on billing records.
If At First You Commit Fraud, Try, Try Again: Podiatrist Headed to Prison
“If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, you wouldn’t sit for a month.” – Teddy Roosevelt
Inviting the OIG Into Your Facility – Success in Motion
Ride along with Mark as he discusses why you must take the things you hear with a grain of salt.
Deteriorated Insulation From the Hassles of Running a Medical Practice – Podcast
The layers of bureaucracy that were supposedly meant to insulate the doctors from the “hassles of running a medical practice” out hassled the actual “hassles of running a medical practice.” Go figure.
What a $24.3 Million Judgment Tells You About a Potential Tool to Fight Unfair Awards of Exclusive Contracts
An interesting case illustrates a potential new tool in the arsenal to fight against fixed hospital exclusive contracts and, potentially, against the consultants who helped put lipstick on the pig. Many hospital-based groups have been there: the situation in which a longstanding relationship with a hospital, whether or not via exclusive contract, is disrupted, in…