tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2008 Issue 9

Compliance: Peruse This Breakdown Of The OIG's Report

No entities were spared in 2006 If you want to know who got caught in the OIG's net in 2006, we've got a breakdown for you. The HHS Office of Inspector General's (OIG's) recently-released Health Care Fraud and Abuse Control Program report for 2006 offers examples of several OIG recoveries. The following breakdown can show you just what the government discovered so you can avoid facing the same fate:Physician fraud: One physician hired an unlicensed practitioner, referred to that practitioner as "doctor" and allowed the practitioner to treat patients and write prescriptions. The physician billed insurers for the practitioner's...

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