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Preventing Genetic Testing Fraud: 5 Actions for Health Plans

Healthcare IT Today

The following is a guest article by Erin Rutzler, Vice President of Fraud, Waste, and Abuse at Cotiviti In Delaware, more than 250 Medicare patients underwent unnecessary genetic testing based on telehealth consultations that often lasted less than two minutes— costing Medicare thousands of dollars per patient. In 2021, a U.S.

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Part 3: Audit Documentation to Avoid Potential Appeal Consequences

AIHC

Written by: AIHC Blogger This article provides educational information related to mitigating the risk of an unwarranted payer investigation. This is the final article in a 3-part series on denials and appeals management. Only appeal claims when you have evidence and supporting documentation to substantiate your right to payment.

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Improving Patient Care With a “Prevent, Detect, Report” Strategy  

YouCompli

Mitigating fraud, waste, and abuse (FWA) is taking on a new urgency for healthcare compliance professionals. Enforcement agencies are prioritizing efforts to deter FWA as more individuals enroll in government healthcare programs like Medicare and Medicaid, and telehealth services continue to evolve post-pandemic.

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ChristianaCare Settlement Drives New Legal Theory in False Claims Act Litigation: Hospitals Take Note When Providing Clinical Services to Their Private Physician Groups

Healthcare Law Blog

Global billing or collaborative care arrangements are not per se violations of the Anti-Kickback Statute, however, there is greater fraud and abuse risk in these types of arrangements unless there is active, ongoing monitoring for compliance. The article refers to all entities as ChristianaCare consistent with Defendants’ briefing. [2]

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Fundamentals of a Healthcare Internal Business System Audit

AIHC

The information provided in this article is not comprehensive and not intended as consulting or legal advice. Corrective action includes refunding overpayments revealed during the audit. Federal law requires entities repay any overpayments received from Medicare or a State Medicaid program within 60 days after identification.

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Retrieving Billions in Overpayments by CMS

Healthcare IT Today

government and calls for better oversight , the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced in early February that it would investigate overbilling by those plans. This article focuses on the relatively young technologies that enable CMS to uncover overbillings, whether they be errors or fraud.

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Introduction to Telebehavioral Health

AIHC

This article is not intended as legal or consulting advice. If your practice is currently using a telebehavioral health approach for patient treatment, or if you organization is considering implementing this approach, we hope this article will give some food-for-thought on the topic.