When distraction in patient care leads to criminal charges, medical groups face serious risk. Learn how distracted doctoring exposes physicians and groups alike.
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Fraud on Fridays: Brace Yourself
A Florida LNA built a layered $11.4M DME fraud scheme involving hidden ownership, kickbacks, and structuring.
Fraud on Fridays: From Telehealth to Telefraud
Another week. Another fraud.
This Friday’s case shows how telehealth can quietly turn into federal wire fraud—without physicians realizing the risk until it’s too late.
Fraud on Fridays: Bogus Billing for Botox?
Learn why poor documentation and bad fixes can turn mistakes into criminal exposure—and how one physician allegedly blurred the lines of Botox billing.
Hospitals and the Return of the Company Town
Are hospitals becoming modern company towns for physicians? Explore the parallels, risks, and emerging alternatives for independence.
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…
Surprise: The No Surprises Act Is Working, Just Not How Insurers Planned
The No Surprises Act wasn’t about patients. The fine print told a different tale: it was an insurer-protection law.
Do You Know What Block Can’t be Pulled From the Deal?
Contracts in healthcare are built like block towers—each deal-point matters. Remove the wrong one, and the entire structure may collapse.
Signaling During Medical Group Negotiations. Dogs and Humans Aren’t So Different.
Dogs wag their tails. Humans do too—just not the same way. In negotiations, your counterpart is sending signals you might be missing. Learn how to spot the “tail tells,” control your own, and use them to your advantage.
Non-Competes After the FTC’s Pivot: A Balancing Act for Medical Group Leaders
Medical group leaders: the FTC may have buried its noncompete ban, but it’s sharpening its knives. Your contracts are now targets. Don’t wait to be caught off guard—rethink your agreements now. Tailor them to your market, protect your referral streams, and stay out of the FTC’s crosshairs. Strategic action isn’t optional—it’s survival.