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Enforcement of medical billing compliance issues is on the rise. Audits of healthcare providers are on the rise. Doctors are easy money for insurance companies and the government. We all know colleagues who have been audited and ultimately had to pay the insurance company and/or been fined by authorities. Some have lost their licenses and some have even been sent to jail. The federal government recoups $8 for every $1 it spends on enforcement. That figure is even greater for private health insurance companies’ audits. 

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Patient Options is free for patient participation, and is redefining the direct care model.  We help you run a more compliant office while simplifying the doctor-patient relationship.    

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Patient Options DMCO can help protect you from these following things:

Time of Service

The prompt pay discount is legal in many states, but many times it is a front for a dual fee schedule  (illegal) because it is not implemented correctly and not truly a time of service discount.  Many times the discounts are excessive and not truly representative of the savings incurred by "prompt pay."

Anti Kickback Laws

Anti kick back laws were established in 1972 to prohibit remuneration (kickbacks) for services reimbursable under federal healthcare programs.  Many states have similar laws in place for private payors  as well.  

Civil Monetary Penalties

Enacted in 1981.  CMS is responsible for enforcing non-fraudulent aspects and the OIG is responsible for enforcing CMPs that involve fraud or false representations.  CMPs can add up to $10,000 per item or service!! 

False Claims Act

False claims act violations happen in normal everyday practice unknowingly by many providers. Examples of such violations include, up coding, down coding, unbundling codes, kickbacks, and improperly waiving coinsurance or deductibles.

Dual Fee Schedules

It is in violation of most private insurance agreements to have a different rate for cash patients vs. insurance patients.  Many PIP/Medpay carriers use this as a reason to discount bills as well.  This is a common theme for board complaints and fines.

Inducement Violations

Section 1128A(a)(5) of the Social Security Act prohibits a provider from offering a Medicare beneficiary any remuneration that  should likely influence the beneficiary’s selection of a particular provider of payable items or services. Violations may subject the provider to civil monetary penalties o up to $10,000 for each wrongful act.  

Patient Options works for all types of healthcare practitioners:

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We provide help and compliance protection against accusations from your state's board for dual fee schedules, anti-kickback accusations, time of service discounts, inducement violations, civil monetary penalties, and false claims act accusations.  

Forest Park TX kickback scheme totaling over 40 million dollars

By Tony Stonem | May 3, 2019

Kickbacks are still not allowed, much to the surprise of a Forest Park TX medical group. This story coming from Dallas News‘ federal courts reporter Kevin Krause. The Forest Park Medical Center federal bribery and kickback trial in Dallas resulted in landmark convictions against the hospital’s managers and doctors. It also exposed Texas’ longstanding failure…

2018 was a banner year for HIPAA compliance issues

By Tony Stonem | March 4, 2019

At patient options we always want to keep you up to date with what is happening in our world of compliance. Lets look at the 2018 report of major trends. After a relatively slow first six months, 2018 turned into an active year for HIPAA enforcement, with the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS)…

AI is coming to detect healthcare fraud

By Tony Stonem | February 18, 2019

Forbes’ insights brings us this article about the future of healthcare fraud detection, How AI Can Battle A Beast—Medical Insurance Fraud. This is a future of fraud detection that is inevitable. With the rise of the amount healthcare data it is almost a forgone conclusion that computers are going to be integrated into battling healthcare…

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