“Better Call Saul” If Your Business Metrics Are Not Keeping Up With Industry Averages

July 27, 2015
ELIZABETH, CO – With a Breaking Bad sequel (Better Call Saul theme) my session at Medtrade (scheduled during the Oct 26-29, 2015, show at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta) will explore various industry benchmarks to allow attendees

Brightree Summit Offers Informative Options on Day One of Medtrade

June 29, 2015
ATLANTA – Day one of Medtrade will feature the inaugural Brightree Summit – Tools of the Trade, a 1:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. array of educational tracks with several sessions and hands-on training from which to choose. Tracks for executives, bil

Changes to the Medicare Recovery Audit Program

June 29, 2015
AMARILLO, TX – The Recovery Audit Contractors, or RACs, are Medicare’s bounty hunters. These auditors are paid a contingency fee to identify improperly paid claims. While RACs are paid a contingency fee to identify over and underpayments, sup

OIG Fraud Alert – Physician Compensation Arrangements

June 22, 2015
AMARILLO, TX – There are two important principles that a DME supplier must adhere to. The first is that the DME supplier “lives in a glass house.” If the DME supplier is doing something it should not be doing, then “someone knows about it

OIG Self-Dislosure Protocol – Part 3

May 4, 2015
AMARILLO, TX – Today’s DME supplier is highly regulated. It must abide by a plethora of federal anti-fraud laws, including (but not limited to) the Medicare anti-kickback statute and the federal False Claims Act. Because the day-to-day operat

Legal Issues Related to Supplier Price Discounts

April 6, 2015
AMARILLO, TX – 42 U.S.C. §1320a-7(b)(6)(A) states, in relevant part: The secretary may exclude the following individuals and entities from participation in any Federal health care program (as defined in section 1320a–7b (f) of this title