tci Part B Insider - 2007 Issue 23

PHYSICIAN NOTES: Feds Turn Up The Heat On Your Practice

Medicare patients 4 times as likely to need emergency medicineWatch out: You could find your practice under a heavy compliance lens again soon.Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt told the House Budget Committee July 18 that the Bush Administration would seek additional funding for fiscal year 2008 to combat Medicare fraud -quot; to the tune of $1.3 billion.The goal is to secure funding for a program jointly operated by HHS and the Department of Justice to coordinate federal, state and local law enforcement efforts to reduce fraud in Medicare.Leavitt also said the...

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