What do you mean I can’t bill for services provided to dead people?

Posted on | June 21, 2011 | Comments Off

When people ask me for an example of Healthcare Fraud I tell them: “If you bill Medicare for services provided to dead people - that’s fraud.”

The following is from the FBI web site and supports that statement:

http://www.fbi.gov/atlanta/press-releases/2011/doctor-pleads-guilty-to-billing-medicare-and-medicaid-for-counseling-sessions-with-dead-patients

Steve Adams, MCS, CPC, CPC-H, CPC-I, PCS, FCS, COA

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