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Medical Biller Heads to Prison for Fraudulent Claims

Published on Fri Sep 15, 2017

You thought billers couldn't be held responsible? Think again. Medical coders and billers are well aware of the fact that physicians are responsible for the codes that they report to insurers - but that doesn't absolve the billing staff of fraud accusations, or prison sentences. That's the word from a recent case involving a medical biller in Michigan who headed [...]
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