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Feb 17th, 2023
Conviction is just one of more than 130 such criminal cases involving $80 million A federal jury convicted a Colorado physician, Jan. 13, for misappropriating about $250,000 from two separate COVID-19 relief funds. The Accusation According to court documents, Francis F. Joseph, MD, 57, received about $118,000 from the Accelerated and Advance Payment Program and ...
In CMS
Oct 13th, 2022
Encourage your patients to go digital this year with an electronic handbook and Medicare notices. The official U.S. government Medicare handbook, Medicare & You, is now available for 2023. Patients can help Medicare save money and go green by signing up to receive an electronic copy and requesting electronic Medicare summary notices. The handbook includes ...
Hunting healthcare fraud is big business for the feds, and the latest annual Health Care Fraud and Abuse Control Program Report shows why it will continue. “During Fiscal Year (FY) 2021, the Federal Government won or negotiated more than $5 billion in health care fraud judgments and settlements, in addition to other health care administrative ...
May 5th, 2022
Comments Off on PRF Period 2 Reporting Deadline Approaches
Recipients still have time to report Provider Relief Fund payments if they can prove extenuating circumstances. The deadline for requesting late Provider Relief Fund (PRF) reporting for Period 1 has passed. But you still have a chance for Period 2. If you’re one of the thousands of providers who missed the Provider Relief Fund (PRF) reporting ...
In CMS
Oct 27th, 2021
Comments Off on CR12377 Updates Coding in Medicare Claims Processing Manual
Code updates prompted the release of Change Request (CR) 12377 by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on Oct. 13. The updates to chapters 3, 18, and 32 of the Medicare Claims Processing Manual Pub. 100-04 are effective Nov. 17, 2021. CR12377 further clarifies that “Unless otherwise specified, the effective date is the ...