The Federal Hospice Fraud Problem in the United States
Addressing and diving into the issue of hospice fraud in the United States, specifically with claims submitted for those who don't qualify for hospice or those who didn't receive hospice.
Medicare Reference-based Pricing RAND Study
Using the RAND Corporation's newest study to understand payer questions involving Medicare Reference-based Pricing.
Monitor Potential FWA: Overutilization of High-Level Codes
In our latest blog, we discuss a recent OIG report that found Medicare could have saved millions of dollars by monitoring providers who billed the highest reimbursable codes. It shows how certain code descriptions were miscounted by providers, causing higher reimbursements that weren't owed. Click below to learn and read more.
Fraud Spotlight: Why Modifier 25 FWA Continues
A pain management practice will pay $625k from a False Claims Act violation. Similar cases give an importance to Fraud, Waste, and Abuse (FWA) protection, and the use of E/M codes would have detected an abnormality on similar claims. Read more to find out how.
Medicare and Maine Medicaid Healthcare Fraud Settlement Case
A Maine family practitioner used false claims billed to Medicare and Medicaid for services that were either not provided or not medically necessary, which provides reasons for the need of Fraud, Waste, and Abuse (FWA) protection.