BC Advantage - 2010 Issue 8

Compliance Audits: Preventive Medicine for You Practice

Imagine the patient who doesn't come to your practice until he is very ill.  He's hospitalized, undergoing extensive procedures at a great cost.  The sad part?  His condition could have been prevented if he had come in for regular preventive care. Compliance audits can be viewed in the same way.  Practices that bill for services without taking the time to check to see if what they're doing is right are running the same risk as a patient who doesn't see his or her physician for preventive care services.  They're gambling that everything is ok...

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