Compliance Today (March 2020) - In a recent report, Medicare Needs Better Controls To Prevent Fraud, Waste, and Abuse Related to Chiropractic Services (https://www.oig.hhs.gov/oas/reports/region9/91602042.asp), the Office...more
Report on Medicare Compliance 29, no. 3 (January 27, 2020) - Mission, Texas, rheumatologist Jorge Zamora-Quezada, M.D., was found guilty by a jury Jan. 15 for his part in a $325 million heath fraud scheme in which he...more
Recent OIG Release Emphasizes Need for Compliance Policies Specific to Provider Risks The Office of Inspector General recently published results of its audit of Medicare claims for chiropractic services made by a chiropractic...more
Federal auditors have found that 80 percent of Medicare spending in a recent year on chiropractic care-some $359 million-was medically unnecessary. The federal insurance program for senior citizens should not have thrown...more
I. REGULATIONS, NOTICES, & GUIDANCE - On March 15, 2016, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued voluntary guidelines entitled, “CDC Guidelines for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain — United...more