Update Your Compliance Program To Duck Investigations

By Author: Jaun Paul
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Both the feds and the states are increasing their efforts in the area of Medicaid fraud enforcement. As such, it's time for your practice to refurbish its compliance plan to cover both federal and state-specific Medicaid policies and procedures.


In a recent audio conference, there was discussion of the ramifications of as well as how to go about preparing for a new era of compliance in the 2010s.


This increased fraud enforcement activity can lead to serious problems for providers who attend to Medicaid patients : overpayment recovery, false claims act litigation, civil monetary penalties, jail time, etc., are possible outcomes.


It can be a problem even if you become the subject of an investigation because patient relations can take a back seat if the word spreads that you're being investigated. ...
... For non-profits, the situation is worse as it's difficult to get people to donate money if they think you're bilking the government for money. And even if you're doing everything right, it is troublesome to convince the government of that.


But there's solution at hand. Steer clear of being investigated in the first place by updating your compliance program to take into account both
Medicare and Medicaid, and all the changes that have taken place in recent times in healthcare compliance news.

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