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Treatment Center Plead Guilty to Anti-kickback Statute Violations Involving Alcohol and Drug Addiction Treatment Centers

Health Law Blog

The two individuals owned a licensed substance abuse service provider (or treatment center) offering clinical treatment services for persons suffering from alcohol and drug addiction. Continuing to employ the medical director after the doctor’s license was suspended.

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Fraud Indicators and Red Flags

AIHC

There are also self-reporting mechanisms in place to report overpayments on the OIG website ( Self-Disclosure ) and Self-Referral Disclosure for voluntary self-reporting of overpayments on the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) website. The list of terms and definitions used throughout are below for reference.

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

Hall Render

The Proposed Rule would remove the aggravating factors which permit OIG to lengthen periods of exclusion based on the loss of the individual’s or entity’s health care license, and the mitigating factors, which OIG could consider if aggravating factors are applied.

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Fundamentals of a Healthcare Internal Business System Audit

AIHC

Defined Criteria” are standards identified in advance and approved for use in a specific audit, generally set by government rules, regulations or government agencies, such as CMS or pre-approved by the governing board of your organization. Corrective action includes refunding overpayments revealed during the audit.

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Supreme Court Rules Against HHS in Hospital Medicare Reimbursement Case

The Health Law Firm Blog

Supreme Court said the federal government improperly cut more than $1 billion a year in Medicare reimbursements to hospitals. By George F. Indest III, J.D., Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law On June 15, 2022, the U.S. This came in a ruling that limits regulators’ power to control what the program pays for certain [.].

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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 compact does not apply to nurse practitioners (NPs) because they are licensed under state boards of nursing and not medicine.

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Supreme Court Rules Against HHS in Hospital Medicare Reimbursement Case

The Health Law Firm Blog

Supreme Court said the federal government improperly cut more than $1 billion a year in Medicare reimbursements to hospitals. By George F. Indest III, J.D., Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law On June 15, 2022, the U.S. This came in a ruling that limits regulators’ power to control what the program pays for certain [.]