Protect Your Medical Staff From Allegations Of Fraud
Medicare fraud is an umbrella that encompasses scams related to documentation, billing, medical prescriptions, etc. The laws surrounding medicare fraud impose heavy penalties on doctors found guilty of defrauding the government. Additionally, it also rewards the whistle-blower who initiates medicare fraud prosecutions. The enticement of this reward has caused many doctors to be falsely accused of various frauds, as mentioned below. Only a medical staff lawyer can help a doctor falsely accused to prove their innocence in court. Defend yourself against allegations of billing fraud Some of the most common billing frauds alleged against doctors include upcoding, unbundling, and double billing. Upcoding refers to including a more expensive bill code for the service provided, unbundling refers to assigning various bill codes for services with one common code, and double-billing refers to billing for the same service twice. Only an experienced lawyer for doctors can help you clear yourself o