DecisionHealth, DecisionHealth - 2009 Issue 10 (October)

Imaging, e-prescribing, referrals top list of new OIG targets

Sure, you're eligible to receive incentive payments in 2010 for e-prescribing work you did in 2009 (PBN 12/8/08). But the HHS Office of Inspector General (OIG) sees a high chance of fraud or abuse, so it has put your practice on its radar to be sure you rightfully earned the money. Review of e-prescribing payments will help the OIG prepare for reviews of the even larger incentive payments that will be handed out in the future for implementing electronic medical records system (EMR), OIG writes in its just-released 2010 Work Plan.

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