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The Civil False Claims Act
In this podcast, healthcare attorney Todd Rodriguez, defines the Civil False Claims Act, identifies common missteps, and provides key compliance tips.
It’s more important now than ever to pay attention to the healthcare fraud statutes and ensure that you are complying.
The Affordable Care Act provides an additional $350 million to the Health Care Fraud and Abuse Control Program to ramp up antifraud efforts, which include increasing scrutiny of claims before payment, investing in sophisticated data analytics, and employing additional law enforcement agents to identify fraud and abuse.
New rules written into the reform law also impose stricter federal sentencing for fraud offenses and inflict stronger civil and monetary penalties for violations.
In this podcast, Todd Rodriguez, a healthcare attorney with Fox Rothschild LLP based in Exton, Pa., defines the Civil False Claims Act, identifies some of the common missteps you could be making in relation to it, and provides some key compliancy tips.
This podcast is part of a series of podcasts addressing three of the most noteworthy statutes related to fraud and abuse compliance.Click here for a podcast on the Federal Anti-Kickback Statute.Click here for a podcast on the Physician Self-Referral Law
DISCLAIMER: Nothing in this podcast constitutes legal advice. No attorney-client relationship has been or will be formed by virtue of this podcast. For legal advice, contact an attorney an attorney actively practicing in your jurisdiction.
Asset Protection and Financial Planning
December 6th 2021Asset protection attorney and regular Physicians Practice contributor Ike Devji and Anthony Williams, an investment advisor representative and the founder and president of Mosaic Financial Associates, discuss the impact of COVID-19 on high-earner assets and financial planning, impending tax changes, common asset protection and wealth preservation mistakes high earners make, and more.
How to reduce surprise billing in your practice
November 15th 2021Physicians Practice® spoke with Kristina Hutson, a product line developer at Availity, about surprise billing events in independent healthcare practices and what owners and administrators can do to reduce the likelihood of their occurrence.
