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Private third-party payers may not wield the hammer known as the False Claims Act, but its important to note that the government now is utilizing publicly available physician data and sharing that information with private payers, says Joseph Russo, president of HP3 Healthcare Concepts in Bethlehem, PA.
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According to Joseph Russo, president of HP3 Healthcare Concepts in Bethlehem, PA, the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General and Medicare Part B contractors have increased their scrutiny of solo practitioners and small group practices.
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One reason the overall number of qui tam suits is declining may be simply that the False Claims Act is working, suggests Stuart Gerson, a partner with Epstein Becker in Washington, DC.
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As hospitals design policies in response to demands of the new privacy rule under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), compliance officers are faced with implementing the fine points of the procedures that will be required.
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Operating a community flu clinic is a good way to make sure your home health agencys name is associated with good will in the community, says Susan R. McCarter, RN, community educator for Diversified Home Health Services in Towson, MD.
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At the beginning of this years flu vaccination season, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) changed the rules for flu and pneumonia vaccinations. Prior to Oct. 2 of this year, each vaccination administered to a home health patient had to be accompanied by an order from the patients physician.
