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Prepare Your Organization for 2019 Compliance Requirements
When the Affordable Care Act was passed in 2010 it included section 6102 requiring nursing facilities to have an effective compliance program.
Compliance News Roundup: Potential Abuse and Neglect at Skilled Nursing Facilities
1. Carolina Physical Therapy and Sports Medicine, Inc. To Pay $790,000 to Resolve False Billing Allegations –
Deeper Than the Headlines: Potential Abuse and Neglect at Skilled Nursing Facilities
OIG’s most recent published report determined that an estimated one in five high-risk hospital ER Medicare claims
Deeper Than the Headlines: OIG Semi-Annual Report
The Department of Health and Human Services has an annual portfolio of services that totals over $1.2 trillion.
Compliance News Roundup: Skilled Nursing Facility Three-Day Inpatient
1. Genetic Testing Company Agrees to Pay $1.99 Million to Resolve Allegations of False Claims to Medicare for Medically Unnecessary Tests –
Deeper Than the Headlines: Skilled Nursing Facility Three-Day Inpatient
For a Medicare patient to be eligible for coverage of post-hospital extended care services, they must be an inpatient in a hospital for not less than 3 consecutive calendar days before being discharged from the hospital.
Compliance News Roundup: OIG Work Plan Updates - Jan. 2019
1. Attorney General Announces Two Medicaid Behavioral Health Fraud Convictions -
Deeper Than the Headlines: OIG Work Plan Updates - Jan. 2019
It’s that time again. The OIG has updated their work plan with January 2019 additions. Here are some of the recent items I thought you’d find of interest.