Compliance Officers Fraud Medicare Overpayments 
Compliancy Group
FEBRUARY 7, 2024
This is because the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) have ramped up their efforts to identify organizations that have improperly billed for medical services. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) created UPIC audits to identify and stop fraud and abuse in Medicare and Medicaid.
YouCompli
SEPTEMBER 13, 2023
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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Compliancy Group
FEBRUARY 29, 2024
When a hospital, doctor’s office, or other healthcare organization is guilty of a regulatory or compliance violation , the U.S. Office of Inspector General (OIG) can invoke civil or criminal prosecution or licensure or other penalties, fines, exclusions from federal programs like Medicare, or revocation of billing privileges.
Compliancy Group
FEBRUARY 2, 2024
In the case of healthcare fraud or other forms of noncompliance, the organization at fault could enter a corporate integrity agreement (CIA) with the Office of the Inspector General (OIG). Other outcomes include deferred prosecution under certain conditions, penalties, and continued oversight.
AIHC
APRIL 5, 2022
Due to the huge volume of claims payers receive to process, deny and pay, they have implemented various methods to track providers to detect potential waste, fraud and/or abuse. If the payer, such as Medicare, performs an extrapolation, reducing each overpayment dollar through appeal can mean thousands less to pay back.
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