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If the Government Accountability Office (GAO) has its way, Medicare's recent prior authorization programs will get a new lease on life and even expand to other items and services.

 
As patients begin to receive new, social security number-less Medicare cards, your practice will benefit from taking several steps to ease your administrative burden as the slow-rolling initiative officially commences in Jan. 2020.
 
Their names may be pronounced the same way, but that's about the extent of the similarities between celebrity rap star Dr. Dre and Pittsburgh OB-GYN and media personality Dr. Drai.
Lexington, S.C., orthopedic surgeon Adam Marcus Lazzarini, M.D., 46, this month turned himself in to face charges of involuntary manslaughter and obstruction of justice in the Oct. 9 shooting of a CrossLink Orthopaedics/Stryker sales representative.
Note: This article appeared in Medical Practice Compliance Alert, a sister publication of Part B News.
 
Medical Practice Compliance Alert has previously outlined several steps physicians should take to protect themselves when they prescribe opioids, such as following Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and state clinical guidelines, complying with state laws that limit opioid prescribing, prescribing opioids only when medically necessary and avoiding relationships with pharmacies that may violate the anti-kickback law.

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