tci Part B Insider - 2004 Issue 14

Fraud & Abuse: Double-Dipping Could spell double trouble

If you are receiving extra contractual charges from Medicare patients outside of the usual co-pay or deductible, use caution. The HHS Office of Inspector General issued an alert March 31 warning physicians that if there are covered items or services included in your non-Medicare patient-care packages, you could be looking down the barrel of an assignment violation - and exclusion from Medicare.  The alert cites recent allegations against a physician who the OIG says presented his patients with a health care contract that offered benefits such as "coordination of care with other providers" and "extra time" spent...

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