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According the Department of Justice (DOJ), Jacksonville, Fla.-based First Coast Cardiovascular Institute (FCCI) has stumbled on a secret for nearly tripling the amount of money it owes to federal health care programs.
You can buckle up and take part in a test run of the MIPS cost category to see how your practice performs on eight experimental measures.
A disgusting trail of alleged elderly patient neglect and abuse finally caught up with a Texas nursing home operator, which will pay $5 million to settle a whistleblower case. (We say "alleged" because the deal does not require the operators, Health Services Management Inc. [HSM] of Murfreesboro, Tenn., to admit guilt.)
Don't believe the myth that enforcers only keep the big fish in health care fraud schemes — hospitals, diagnostic providers, pharmaceutical companies and so on — and let the small fry such as doctors and medical practices go.
The first year of Medicare's new Quality Payment Program (QPP) is winding down. The final rule for QPP 2018 is still at the Office of Management and Budget. In other words, it's the perfect time to take our confidential QPP survey as you prepare for year two of the program.

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