New vs. Established Patient Billing: Are You Doing It Properly?
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
It’s no secret that the Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General (HHS OIG) has been ...
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CMS Revamps Medicare Audit Strategy
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
Good news for some healthcare providers and not so good news for others. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid has ...
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Have Physicians Embraced the Use of End-of-Life Billing Codes?
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
It’s been about a year since the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) approved payment for voluntary end-of-life counseling ...
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Proposed Opioid Bill Ensures Patient Privacy While Helping MDs Make Rx Decisions
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
An estimated one-in-three Americans had a prescription for opioids in 2015 and that number continues to grow. With that growth ...
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OIG Plans to Focus on Medicare Part B Payments for Telemedicine
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
The Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General, (HHS OIG) recently announced a new project designed to ...
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Opioid Crackdown Requires Increased Focus on Compliance
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
It’s not just drug dealers and traffickers selling opioids who have become the target of law enforcement. Earlier this month, ...
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CMS Proposes Changes to 2018 Medicare Fee Schedule
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued a proposed rule that will update Medicare payment and policies ...
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OIG Cracks Down on Hospice Provider Fraud
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
Last year, the HHS Office of the Inspector General stated the hospice fraud was rampant and that it would be ...
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June a busy month for healthcare fraud enforcement
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
Individual physicians, medical billers, DME manufacturers, healthcare executives and even entire healthcare systems were on the receiving end of the ...
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New Florida Law Cracks Down on Patient Brokering by Drug Treatment Providers
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
Effective July 1, drug treatment providers in Florida must comply with stringent new regulations designed to crackdown on corruption within ...
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