In our latest blog, we discuss a recent OIG report that found Medicare could have saved millions of dollars by monitoring providers who billed the highest reimbursable codes. It shows how certain code descriptions were miscounted by providers, causing higher reimbursements that weren't owed. Click below to learn and read more.

A pain management practice will pay $625k from a False Claims Act violation. Similar cases give an importance to Fraud, Waste, and Abuse (FWA) protection, and the use of E/M codes would have detected an abnormality on similar claims. Read more to find out how.

A Maine family practitioner used false claims billed to Medicare and Medicaid for services that were either not provided or not medically necessary, which provides reasons for the need of Fraud, Waste, and Abuse (FWA) protection.

The role of nutrition in chronic disease management is especially crucial, as it is a modifiable risk factor for many conditions such as chronic renal failure (CRF), diabetes mellitus (DM), obesity and coronary artery disease (CAD). Payers who bear significant long-term healthcare utilization burdens due to obesity and cardiovascular risk factors may determine that Medical Nutrition Therapy (MNT) preventive coverage is a cost-effective policy approach for their beneficiaries.