Hint: Educate staff on compliance to circumvent fraud.
Being at the center of a qui tam suit can cost your Medicare practice more than lost income. Consider this advice to ward off whistleblower woes.
1. Institute a compliance program. If your Medicare practice lacks a comprehensive compliance plan, create one ASAP, legal experts urge. “Prevention is the best cure,” counsels attorney John E. Morrone, partner with Frier Levitt LLC in New York City. Compliance preparation helps you avoid a wealth of issues, including those that lead to denials, audits, indictments — and whistleblowers.
2. Keep the lines...
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