3 Common Healthcare Fraud Schemes

Scroll through any law enforcement or OIG newsroom, and you’ll quickly learn that healthcare fraud comes in many shapes and sizes. There is no one-size-fits-all fraud scheme adopted by those looking to exploit the system for a buck (or a few million). This is what...

Upcoding vs. Downcoding

Physicians and their billing/coding staff have an established history with, and an acute awareness of upcoding and overpayments. In fact, unless they’re operating within a fraudulent billing scheme, they’re avoiding the practice of upcoding all together. Upcoding is...