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Watch Out: Compliance Blunders Just Got More Expensive

Published on Tue Dec 20, 2016

FCA, Stark, Anti-Kickback & HIPAA get teeth with new civil monetary penalties. It’s safe to say that avoiding fraudulent claims has always been a best practice, but increases to civil monetary penalties (CMPs) serve to drive that point home. HHS, CMS, OIG and other governing agencies recently announced drastic hikes to CMPs for violating several major healthcare laws, including the [...]
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