Targeted Probe and Educate (TPE) is Back

The tagline from the CMS Website is “When Medicare Claims are submitted accurately, everyone benefits.” First – TPE why do we even care?  Well, simple answer, it is a lovely little gift from CMS designed to help reduce claim denials and appeals through one-on-one...

Groundbreaking Week in Healthcare Fraud

We talk to you every week about trials and cases that are in our rearview mirror.  Often what we worked on directly.  Sometimes we talk about areas of interest like healthcare cost and changing policy.  Sometimes we bring you best practices based on our clients. ...

HIPAA & Human Error

Many of us have visited a doctor’s office. And in many circumstances our doctors visit includes a follow up correspondence of some sort. Whether it was a medical assistant contacting a patient to set up his/her next doctor’s visit, or in some cases a follow up...