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Do Tell! Encourage Internal Reporting of Compliance Issues

By Ann Bittinger
In Healthcare Business Monthly
Jan 1st, 2017
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Promote a compliant environment within your organization, before the whistle is blown. The most notable Medicare fraud cases in the last five years have been whistleblower cases in which someone with inside knowledge of a health system or physician pr...
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Avoid Being the Next Kickback and False Claims Defendant

By Ann Bittinger
In Compliance
Nov 15th, 2016
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Let a case show you why it’s important for your healthcare system to Implement effective compliance programs. By Ann M. Bittinger, Esq. United States of America ex rel. Baklid-Kunz v. Halifax Hospital Medical Center is one case in a recent series in w...
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