Avoiding Fraud and Abuse
Here are six common misconceptions about fraud and abuse. If you are alert to these misconceptions and the danger of complacency that can result from
Author
Neil Caesar
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Prohibit or Enforce?
Everybody these days is jumping on the let's chase out the crooks bandwagon. CMS says, Let's get the ne'er do wells who permeate the DME industry. -
FMV Is Complex Topic
Last month we began to explore fair market value, an important and dangerous concept. FMV essentially reflects the commercially reasonable payment one -
Fair Market Value
The anti-fraud rules require that financial relationships between independent parties be at fair market value (FMV). This concept is often misunderstood -
Mind Your Manners
Have you ever provided free or discounted services to referring physicians or their staffers or families? How about hospital personnel, affiliated with -
Two Peas in a Pod
Well, it's official: Accreditation will be mandatory for all home medical equipment companies in September 2009. Progressive HME providers recognize that -
As Goes Florida
Every year, the Office of Inspector General releases its Work Plan for the upcoming fiscal year, identifying areas of concern it intends to investigate -
Playing Favorites
I am surprised at the constancy with which clients ask for help with hospital discharge problems. Often I am asked to set up a preferred provider relationship -
Be Warned and Be Careful
On Aug. 27, CMS issued its Phase III revisions to the Stark Law regulations. One of these changes in particular affects the relationship between physicians -
Sleeping Through Trouble
Opportunities continue to abound for home medical equipment providers to collaborate with physicians, hospitals, sleep labs and entrepreneurs to enter