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Conviction For $70 Million in Fake Medicare Claims Likely Sending Doc to Big House

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 15, 2024 5:13


Health care fraud is far from harmless. Fraudulent activities drain billions from health care programs like Medicare and Medicaid, leading to higher taxes and less money for other important services.

Making The Bet Without Knowing The Odds

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 1, 2024 2:50


Making The Bet Without Knowing The Odds by Mark F. Weiss

Snoop Doc Takes The Rap For HIPAA Hop – Faces 5 Years in Pen For Illegally Accessing Medical Records

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 25, 2024 5:14


You're signed in to the hospital's electronic medical record system. What's the harm in just typing in the name of a friend to see what pops up?

It's Not Hotel California, But Many Physicians Feel Trapped.

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 18, 2024 2:20


According to 2023 reports, by 2021, nearly 70% of physicians were employed by hospitals or investor-owned corporations.

Hamburger or Health Care? Why You Must Understand the Dilemma.

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 18, 2024 3:43


No, I don't have a crystal ball and I can't predict the future. But that doesn't mean that I'm blind and can't see a cliff dropping off on the near horizon.

Telehealth Plus Tell a Lie Means Likely End Up in Prison for Telefraud

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 11, 2024 3:20


Telehealth can be used to vastly improve patients' access to medical care. At the same time, it can be used to vastly improve criminals' access to Medicare dollars. It shouldn't be that difficult for physicians to assess the bona fides of their proposed participation in a telehealth “business model” when the ones doing the proposing are telemarketers.

“Loco Tenens” and Agency Pay $700K to Settle Alleged Telemedicine Kickback Scheme

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 27, 2024 5:11


If what the government alleged were true, it would be an emergency physician's dream job: billing for services without ever treating or even speaking with the patient.

Perhaps “Change Healthcare” Was Always A Cry For Help?

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 13, 2024 5:02


The financial impact was immediate and momentous: Neither new nor existing claims, nor payment for them, could be processed.

Commercial Building Foreclosures Foretell Healthcare Financing Woes – Prepare Now

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 13, 2024 4:57


The financial impact was immediate and momentous: Neither new nor existing claims, nor payment for them, could be processed.

You Didn't Go to Medical School to Be in Business! Let Us Run It Into the Ground.

Play Episode Listen Later May 30, 2024 3:48


Many predicted that the financial behemoths run by the smartest guys in the room would swallow up every physician on the planet.

From CrossFit to Crossing Over from Pure Medical Practice to Lifestyle Business

Play Episode Listen Later May 16, 2024 3:10


Many people tend to think within professional silos. Barbers cut hair. Farmers farm. And, doctors practice medicine. Why?

The Use of Banned Messaging Apps Cost Wall Street Banks Close to $2 Billion.

Play Episode Listen Later May 16, 2024 2:14


Banks, brokerages, and your medical group or facility's potential violation of HIPAA?

Intended Obfuscation or Lazy Drafting, The Outcome's The Same: You're Screwed.

Play Episode Listen Later May 9, 2024 2:12


Most people don't like throwing good money after bad in a contract dispute.

Does Selling to Private Equity Increase Your Risk of Liability For Healthcare Fraud?

Play Episode Listen Later May 2, 2024 3:56


The first purchase price is the one that the seller receives. The second purchase price is the one that the seller pays by having sold to the wrong buyer.

She Said, He Heard – A Lesson From Insider Trading to Prevent Your HIPAA Violation

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 25, 2024 3:23


What policies does your group have? How are they enforced . . . or even, how can they be enforced?

OIG Permits Deferred Payment Physician Partner Buyout

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 11, 2024 6:13


Picture a revolving door. Even though many physicians and facility administrators don't realize it, a revolving door can be a useful analogy for anti-kickback analysis. Or, I suppose, just for kickbacks.

Overexposed: A Kodak Moment

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 4, 2024 2:40


I remember, as a kid, walking around Disneyland, noticing yellow "no parking" size signs labeled Kodak Moment. They indicated a great vantage point for taking a photo.

Showing Up On Time and Negotiation

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 28, 2024 2:21


Don't make the mistake of thinking that being late signals your importance or your power.

Deal School: Contracts Needn't Always Be Contracted

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 28, 2024 1:41


There are many reasons why contracts are usually contracted -- made compact, that is -- by having them contained within one fully integrated document.

Buddy, Can You Spare a Dime? Hospital Turns to Crowdfunding to Stay Afloat.

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 14, 2024 2:39


I've written about hospital closures, shrinking hospitals, and hospitals that became holes in the ground. I've even written an entire book on The Impending Death of Hospitals. But before today, I've never written about a hospital that turned to crowdfunding to stay afloat.

Cancer Doctor Turns Out to Be Carcinogenic

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 7, 2024 2:29


I represent physicians in transactions across the country and there are plenty of ways to make a profit and to do the right thing for patients.

Why Free* Doesn't Mean Free

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 18, 2024 1:42


I was driving when I saw the sign, one of those large plasticized canvas ones, tacked up on the side of a small office building: "FREE* First Chiropractic Visit"

Jury Convicts Chief Compliance Officer For $50 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 30, 2023 3:31


As I've mentioned many times on the blog, medical groups and facilities often create whistleblowers – their own compliance officers and other executives flip on them with regularity.

Surprise Hospital Billing

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 23, 2023 3:39


What's a hospital surprise bill? Well, it's something slightly different from the concept applied to physicians.

All That Glitters Isn't Gold. Is Your Contract Merely Sparkly?

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 16, 2023 3:02


Not only is all that glitters not gold, shipping containers thought to contain nickel might just contain carbon steel.

Jet Blue-ing Up Your Practice

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 30, 2023 1:23


What is your back up plan in the event that your preventive action fails?

It's National Kickback Day! (Sort of like Groundhog Day, But More Expensive)

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 26, 2023 12:01


Sometimes, I think it's Groundhog Day. No, not the Punxsutawney Phil kind, but the Bill Murray movie kind, you know, when things keep repeating themselves over and over and over again. Like stupid kickback schemes.

Love at First Blight: Surgeon and Fiancée Settle Kickback Allegations

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 31, 2023 3:41


Love may be blind, but whistleblowers aren't.

A $15 Billion Lesson On Stipend Negotiations

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 24, 2023 2:58


We'll take your $15 billion stipend, but as to those strings you put on it, “F*^%” you”.

Why Document the Value of a Group Member's Interest?

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 26, 2023 1:43


They say that beauty is in the eyes of the beholder.

About the Worst Advice You Can Get

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 26, 2023 2:31


The context was the sale of various healthcare facilities, deals which, by definition, involve the sale of the business...

Breaking the Physician Hospital Paradigm

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 13, 2023 2:18


The paradigm for physician hospital relations is completely at odds with society's other trends.

The Healthcare Con-Vergence

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 12, 2023 7:40


How will physicians fit within the bureaucratically envisioned healthcare system of the future?

healthcare vergence
Don't Worry About Your Future – The Hospital Has it All Planned

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 12, 2023 3:58


The hospital has written the script for your future. Don't like it? Grab your own pen.

Hospital Employment is No Panacea for Physicians

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 12, 2023 3:00


Employment by hospitals is no safe harbor for physicians; in fact, it's quite the opposite.

The Only Thing the Hospital Has to Fear is Fear Itself

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 12, 2023 2:29


Do you know the secrets of using fear of loss as a tactic in hospital negotiations?

I Don't Even Know Where to Begin

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 12, 2023 3:30


How to develop the skills and strengths to guide your group's future.

Who's Driving Your Practice's Bus? II

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 12, 2023 2:20


There is no question that the healthcare market is changing rapidly. This means that groups must have the ability to make business decisions rapidly.

Who's Driving Your Practice's Bus?

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 12, 2023 1:42


Many medical practices operate as if no one is driving the bus.

Lessons on Negotiation from Artie the Briard

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 12, 2023 1:41


"No" is only the beginning point for further negotiation.

You Can't Un-Ring That Bell

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 11, 2023 1:38


Train your medical group's members for actions consistent with the group's strategy.

Mistakes Happen

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 11, 2023 1:36


It's often how the mistake maker, not the “victim,” reacts that makes the difference in the outcome.

Don't Lower Your Goals Just So You Can Say You Hit Them

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 11, 2023 1:00


Lowering your goals just to tell yourself that you've hit them is a crime against your potential.

I Want to Become a Partner

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 11, 2023 1:36


Lawyers hear this all the time from newer members of their firm. Doctors, too, hear it from junior members of their medical group.

What's It Cost?

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 11, 2023 1:13


In a personal services business, from medical groups to acute care hospitals, what's more important, your people or your tangible assets?

A Medical Group in Motion

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 11, 2023 1:56


People often cite Newton's First Law as something akin to "an object in motion tends to stay in motion with the same speed and in the same direction."

Don't Hinder the Ability of Group Leaders to Lead

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 10, 2023 2:17


There's little question that most, if not all, medical groups should be led by practicing physicians.

McDonald's and Delivering Medical Group Value

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 10, 2023 3:31


Value is what's important to your customer. Not to you.

What's Your Story?

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 10, 2023 3:00


What story are you telling about your practice?

Isn't It Time to Re-Brand Non-Profit Hospitals?

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2023 1:34


Words matter. They are the bullets in the fight for public perception, in the battle for change.

Your Exclusive Contract Is About to Be Non-Exclusive

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2023 2:43


What good is an exclusive contract if the facility demands that it become non-exclusive?

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