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Fraud & Abuse:

Beware New Sanctions For Problem Providers

Published on Fri Feb 28, 2014

CMPs, exclusion could be in store for agencies that don’t show improvement. If your MAC tells you to jump, you may have to ask "how high" or face door-closing penalties under Medicare’s new recalcitrant provider policy. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services "has heard from contractors that providers are abusing the program and not changing inappropriate behavior," CMS says [...]
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