tci Part B Insider - 2005 Issue 18

DOCUMENTATION: Extra Scribbles Can Lead To Fines, Jail Time

Make sure doctors date all new entries on patient records If you suspect that someone in your practice has been rewriting history, you need to get to the bottom of it immediately. When someone improperly revises patient documentation, it can create huge compliance problems as well as jeopardize payments, say attorneys. Attorney Gary Eiland with Vinson & Elkins in Dallas has seen two situations where improper revisions have caused problems for a physician practice:1. An administrator at a practice required doctors to route all charge slips through his office before they went to the billing department. Eventually the practice...

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