Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement

Fraud And Abuse:

Physician Convicted of COVID Accelerated and Advance Payment Fraud

Understand CMS’ rules on CAAP usage, reporting, and recoupment. As the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) winds down, pandemic-related fraud enforcement is ramping up — and you shouldn’t expect that scrutiny to end any time soon. Context: On Feb. 9, Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra renewed the COVID PHE for a 13th and final time, [...]
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