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We all know the saying about documentation: If it wasn't documented, it wasn't done. But don't forget the other part of that saying: If it was documented, but not legibly signed, it still wasn't done.
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.

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