Compliance: Verify coding advice from device
companies or risk upcoding, fines
The government recently gave practices a sobering reminder that coding based on advice from device manufacturers can be risky business. In an unusual case, the Justice Department settled with one such manufacturer, San Mateo, Calif.-based EndoGastric Solutions Inc. (EGS), which the Justice Department alleged violated the federal False Claims Act by dispensing incorrect coding guidance.
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