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Fraud Indicators and Red Flags

AIHC

When Audit Managers Knowingly Skew Audit Results Written by Carl J Byron , CCS, CHA, CIFHA, CMDP, CPC, CRAS, ICDCTCM/PCS, OHCC and CPT/03 USAR FA (Ret) Fraud cannot be eliminated. No system is completely fraud-proof, as any system can be bypassed or manipulated. on fraud detection and prevention in healthcare.

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Will CMS’s Proposed Rule on “Identified Overpayments” Increase Reverse FCA Cases?

Healthcare Law Today

As written, the proposed rule would remove the existing “reasonable diligence” standard for identification of overpayments, and add the “knowing” and “knowingly” FCA definition. And, a provider is required to refund overpayments it is obliged to refund within 60 days of such identified overpayment.

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2024 Final Rule: CMS Announces More Changes to Medicare Advantage but Declines to Reform the “60 Day Rule”

Health Care Law Brief

405.986) or “reliable evidence” of fraud or “similar fault” (as defined in 42 C.F.R. Notable Omissions from Proposed Rule CMS declined to adopt previously proposed amendments to the standard for “identified overpayments” under Medicare Parts A, B, C, and D. 3729(b)(1)(A) of the False Claims Act (“FCA”). See Proposed Rule at 79559.

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Pennsylvania Man Excluded from All Federal Healthcare Programs for 22 Years 

Healthcare Compliance Blog

Those claims were for presumptive and definitive Urine Drug Tests (UDTs) that were not medically reasonable or necessary and were not used to aid in the diagnosis and treatment of patients. Between 2017 and 2019, the man, through a group of pain clinics he controlled, caused the submission of false claims for payment to Medicare.

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Post-Acute Compliance Program Update: OIG Proposes Amendments to Exclusion Rules

Hall Render

The Proposed Rule would revise the definition of failure to grant immediate access to specify what would constitute a compelling reason, namely, that the requested material does not exist or is not at the location where the request is presented.

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Introduction to Telebehavioral Health

AIHC

Most private insurers and Medicaid cover telebehavioral health care, but check for reimbursement restrictions and obtain professional coding and billing guidance to avoid overpayment situations. This includes understanding various fraud and abuse laws. This is also called “store-and-forward telemedicine.”

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Health Provider News

Hall Render

Bipartisan Ky. hospital company Kansas City Orthopaedic Institute appoints new CEO Kansas City University’s new research center aims to answer: ‘How do we keep people well?’ in costs, report finds Pennsylvania hospital staff vote for union removal St.