tci Part B Insider - 2011 Issue 10

Physician Notes: OIG Offers Free, Pre-Written Presentation for Teaching New Physicians About Compliance

Plus: Respond to CERT requests ASAP, MACs say.When your practice hires a new physician, the job of training the doctor on healthcare compliance may fall to more than one person in your practice, including the office manager, compliance officer, coder, and fellow physicians. But that job may be a little bit easier now that the OIG has created a ready-made presentation that teaches new physicians how to steer clear of fraud.The presentation, entitled, "Avoiding Medicare and Medicaid Fraud and Abuse," covers the five main areas of Medicare abuse: the False Claims Act, Anti-Kickback Statute, Physician Self-Referral...

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