Neurology & Pain Management Coding Alert

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Feds Finding Fraud in Opioid Prescribing, Telemedicine

Prevent problems by getting prescribing procedures in place. As 2020 kicks off, PM practices are potential targets of the federal government’s fraud investigations for two very different services. All medical providers that report telemedicine services or prescribe opioids for pain management purposes are in the same boat, though, as the HHS Office of Inspector General (OIG) lists them both as [...]
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