Health care fraud and abuse
Subtitle: a physician's guide to compliance
By: Hoyt Torras.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: AMA Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: [Chicago]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 433
Subjects: Insurance, Health -- Law and legislation -- United States -- Criminal provisions; Medicare fraud; Medical care -- Corrupt practices -- United States; Delivery of Health Care -- legislation & jurisprudence -- United States; Ethics, Medical -- United States; Fraud -- United States; Insurance, Health -- legislation & jurisprudence -- United States
Other titles: Health care fraud & abuse
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : health care fraud and abuse; title: Examples of fraud and abuse; title: Fraud and abuse statutes; title: Antikickback legislation; title: Stark self-referral legislation; title: Entities involved in fraud and abuse investigations; title: Medicare claims review and audits; title: Medical necessity denials; title: How to minimize risk of an audit; title: CPT coding; title: ICD-9 diagnosis coding; title: Compliance programs; title: Developing a compliance program; title: Compliance efforts in smaller medical practices; title: Actions of the Office of Inspector General; title: How to request an advisory opinion; title: OIG compliance program guidance for individual and small group physician practices.