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Have you ever wanted to know what a physician means when they document using certain words, phrases, orders, and clinical plans?

You’ve seen it in the news, stories like this, “Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri,

I just returned from San Diego where I spoke at the HCCA’s 2018 Clinical Practice Compliance Conference.

Managing the compliance risks associated with physician financial relationships can be an overwhelming challenge for a compliance program.

1. Post Acute Medical Agrees to Pay More Than $13 Million to Settle Allegations of Kickbacks and Improper Physician Relationships –

Understanding incident-to can be stressful. According to an MLN Matters article, number SE0441, “To qualify as “incident to,” services must be part of your patient’s normal course of treatment

The OIG has added more items to their work plan in August (2018). Let’s take a quick look at some of the areas they will be scrutinizing.

My latest Compliance Conversations episode is called “The Teaching Physicians Rule: A Blessing or a Curse.”