Ambulance Provider Agrees to Settle False Claims Act Allegations

https://www.justice.gov/usao-edva/pr/ambulance-provider-agrees-settle-false-claims-act-allegations An ambulance transportation company that operates throughout Virginia has agreed to pay $110,000 to settle allegations that the company submitted false claims to Medicare for ambulance transports, in violation [...]

By |2020-11-10T17:35:36+00:00November 10th, 2020|

Lexington Foot and Ankle Center Agrees to Pay $750,000 to Resolve Allegations of Violations of the False Claims Act

https://www.justice.gov/usao-edky/pr/lexington-foot-and-ankle-center-agrees-pay-750000-resolve-allegations-violations-false Lexington-based podiatry practice Lexington Foot and Ankle Center, PSC (“Lexington Foot & Ankle”) and Dr. Michael Allen have agreed to resolve civil allegations that they violated the False Claims [...]

By |2020-11-10T17:35:09+00:00November 10th, 2020|

Premier Medical Associates Agree To Pay $750,000 To Resolve Claims Of False Billing

https://www.justice.gov/usao-mdfl/pr/premier-medical-associates-agree-pay-750000-resolve-claims-false-billing Premier Medical Associates Agree To Pay $750,000 To Resolve Claims Of False Billing Tampa, FL – United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces today that Premier Medical Associates (PMA), [...]

By |2020-11-10T17:34:19+00:00November 10th, 2020|

Turn The Cessation of Elective Surgeries Into an Opportunity to Educate

Under normal circumstances, the biggest difficulty practices encounter when trying to engage in physician education is timing.  Coordinating everyone’s schedules, pulling providers out of the operative and visiting rooms, and [...]

By |2020-05-28T18:28:41+00:00May 21st, 2020|

Split Model Service Providers (Medical Coding Vendors with Offshore and Onshore Operations)

A troubling trend in the medical coding industry is a misleading split model where companies will have resources both onshore and abroad but not disclose which personnel are performing the [...]

By |2020-05-28T18:31:39+00:00May 21st, 2020|

Due to Covid-19 Crisis Providers Can Skip 2019 CMS MIPS Reporting

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, CMS has announced relief measures for providers who are bound to participate in its quality reporting programs, including the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS). First, [...]

By |2020-05-28T18:27:58+00:00May 5th, 2020|