{"id":17836,"date":"2019-06-26T19:08:16","date_gmt":"2019-06-26T19:08:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/federal-lawyer.com\/?p=17836"},"modified":"2024-02-20T08:33:45","modified_gmt":"2024-02-20T14:33:45","slug":"what-is-healthcare-billing-compliance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/federal-lawyer.com\/what-is-healthcare-billing-compliance\/","title":{"rendered":"What Is Healthcare Billing Compliance?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Healthcare Attorneys and Billing Experts Assist with Medical Billing and Coding Questions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Of the many ways someone can get into trouble in the healthcare space, incorrect <a href=\"\/dallas-medical-billing-services\/\">billing and coding<\/a> are definitely on the top of the list. After all, all the efforts of a physician or business owner to be popular among patients, trusted by referral sources, and successful when it comes to the right diagnosis and treatment protocols would become useless without ultimately collecting reimbursement. Irrespective of whether this reimbursement comes from government programs such as CMS or private insurance carriers, caution is in order. Simple billing or coding mistakes can trigger draconian penalties under the <a href=\"https:\/\/federal-lawyer.com\/healthcare-defense\/false-claims-act-qui-tam-defense\/\">False Claims Act<\/a> and sometimes (in fact: increasingly) lead to federal criminal investigations, search warrants, and arrests for <a href=\"https:\/\/federal-lawyer.com\/healthcare-defense\/\">healthcare fraud<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Former Justice Department Healthcare Fraud Prosecutors<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Oberheiden P.C.<\/strong> advises healthcare providers and billing companies alike to make sure no\none will end up in the local newspaper. Billing mistakes are preventable.\nHowever, after more than a 1,000 prosecutions as former federal prosecutors and\nan equal amount of cases as now private defense counsel all team members of <strong>Oberheiden P.C.<\/strong> understand too well\nhow quickly healthcare business owners and practitioners can get onto the radar\nof regulators and law enforcement\u2014because they underestimate the consequences\nof incorrect billing. Oberheiden P.C. has helped providers across the United\nStates with:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Healthcare Billing\nAudits<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ZPIC and UPIC Audits<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Medicaid Audits<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Pre-Authorization\nAssistance<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Collecting\nReceivables<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Setting Up Compliant\nBilling Practices<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Establishing Error\nPrevention Programs<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Training Staff\nMembers<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Conducting Billing\nand Coding Audits<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Taking Over the\nBilling <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>If you run a\nbusy practice, have questions about billing compliance, or are just not sure if\nyour current staff is adequately competent to submit 100% correct claims, give\nus a call. Experienced attorneys and certified coders from our healthcare\ncompliance team are available to discuss your concerns\u2014in a free and\nconfidential consultation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"widget team_in_body main-team-block\">\n    <h2 class=\"widget-title\">Put our highly experienced team on your side<\/h2>\n    <div class=\"textwidget\">\n\n        <div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/federal-lawyer.com\/dr-nick-oberheiden\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/federal-lawyer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/150716_0172.1-Nick-Oberheiden-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"Dr. Nick Oberheiden\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<h5>Dr. Nick Oberheiden<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"designation designation2\" style=\"color:#ef780a;\">Founder<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"designation\">Attorney-at-Law<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/federal-lawyer.com\/lynette-byrd\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/federal-lawyer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Byrd_Lynette_400x600.jpg\" alt=\"Lynette S. 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Sellers<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"designation designation2\" style=\"color:#ef780a;\">Former Senior DOJ Trial Attorney<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/federal-lawyer.com\/linda-julin-mcnamara\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/federal-lawyer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/McNamara_Linda_400x600.jpg\" alt=\"Linda Julin McNamara\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<h5>Linda Julin McNamara <br \/><\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"designation designation2\" style=\"color:#ef780a;\">Federal Appeals Attorney<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/federal-lawyer.com\/nicholas-b-johnson\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/federal-lawyer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/NickJohnson-no-background-112x168-1.png\" alt=\"Nicholas B. Johnson\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<h5>Nicholas B. 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Quick<br \/><\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"designation designation2\" style=\"color:#ef780a;\">Former Special Agent (FBI &amp; IRS-CI)<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/federal-lawyer.com\/michael-s-koslow\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/federal-lawyer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Koslow-200x300-1-e1576008304602.png\" alt=\"Michael S. Koslow\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<h5>Michael S. Koslow<br \/><\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"designation designation2\" style=\"color:#ef780a;\">Former Supervisory Special Agent (DOD-OIG)<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/federal-lawyer.com\/ray-yuen\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/federal-lawyer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Attorney-A-_200x300-e1573513166758.png\" alt=\"Ray Yuen\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<h5>Ray Yuen<br \/><\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"designation designation2\" style=\"color:#ef780a;\">Former Supervisory Special Agent (FBI)<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<style>\n.team_in_body h5 { margin-bottom:0; }\n.team_in_body p { margin-bottom:0; }\n.single_blog_page .widget img { margin:0!important; margin-bottom:5px!important; }\n<\/style>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Consequences of Wrong Billing and Coding<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Don\u2019t experiment when it comes to billing<\/strong>. With more than $ 400b in estimated healthcare fraud in the United States each year, don\u2019t be surprised that federal prosecutors across all 95 U.S. Attorney\u2019s Offices together with the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the Office of Inspector General (OIG), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Medicare Fraud Strike Force, the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit (MFCU), and other agencies are vigorously and aggressively looking for any form of healthcare fraud. Specifically designed computer <a href=\"https:\/\/federal-lawyer.com\/whistleblower-lawyers\/\">fraud detection<\/a> programs and federal investigators are looking for \u201coutliers\u201d that is for providers with unusually high levels of billing, incorrect coding, and other avoidable schemes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Billing for\nMedically Unnecessary Services<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Billing for Services\nNot Provided<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Billing Unreasonably\nHigh Levels of Care (Upcoding)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Billing for Mutually\nExclusive Services<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Billing for Services\nNot Covered<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Billing for Out-of-Network\nServices<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Failing to Collect\nCopays<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>For you,\nthis scrutiny means, you cannot afford mistakes. You must make sure that your\npractice and your businesses are so well organized that violations of the False\nClaims Act do not occur\u2014or, if they do occur because no one is perfect, that\nyour business is protected against the perception of criminal healthcare fraud.\nCall <strong>Oberheiden P.C<\/strong>. attorneys today to find out how we set up billing protocols and\ncompliance procedures that will shield you from mistakes and certainly from\ncriminal investigations. In recent prosecutions the Justice Department applied\nthe following statutes to bring formal criminal charges against physicians for\nalleged billing fraud.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>False Claims Act (18\nU.S.C. 287)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Healthcare Fraud (18 U.S.C. 1347)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mail Fraud (18 U.S.C. 1341)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Wire Fraud (18 U.S.C. 1343)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Travel Act (18 U.S.C. 1952)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Conspiracy to Commit Medicare Fraud (18 U.S.C.\n1347; 18 U.S.C. 371)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Conspiracy to Make False Statements Relating\nto Healthcare Matters (18 U.S.C. 1035; 18 U.S.C. 371)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Conspiracy to Commit Healthcare Fraud (18 U.S.C.\n1347; 18 U.S.C. 371)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Conspiracy to Commit Theft or Embezzlement in\nConnection with Healthcare (18 U.S.C. 669; 18 U.S.C. 371)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Attempt or Conspiracy to Commit Healthcare\nFraud (18 U.S.C. 1349; 18 U.S.C. 371)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Conspiracy to Commit Medicaid Fraud (18 U.S.C.\n1347; 18 U.S.C. 371)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Conspiracy to Unlawfully Use Health\nInformation (42 U.S.C. 1320d-6; 18 U.S.C. 371)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Keep in mind\nthat a single one of these accusations, say mail fraud pursuant to 18 U.S.C.\n1341, alone would expose you to up to 20 years of imprisonment per instance of\nfraud. In light of these extreme consequences, it\u2019s not worth it for you to\ngamble. Keep further in mind that non-criminal investigations of billing fraud\nparticipation can lead to CMS exclusion, license revocation, and enormous civil\npenalties. Whether civil or criminal, being accused of healthcare billing fraud\ncan mean the death penalty for your career and your license. Call the\nexperienced healthcare attorneys at <strong>Oberheiden\nP.C<\/strong>. to shift responsibility and to guide\nyou so that you can sleep at night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">In-House Versus External Billing<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Unless the\nin-house billing department is equipped with highly trained, certified, and\nexperienced coders, medical billing should never be done in-house. Physicians,\nhealthcare providers, and business owners should shield themselves from\nconsequences of incorrect billing by isolating their medical practice and\noperations from billing and coding. While there may be a premium to pay to an\noutside vendor, the advantages can be enormous when it comes to lack of\nliability in case of an audit or investigation. Call <strong>Oberheiden P.C<\/strong>. how to structure a billing arrangement that makes economic sense and\nprotects your practice against unwanted liabilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Oberheiden P.C.\nBilling Services<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Oberheiden P.C.\nCoding Services<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Oberheiden P.C.\nAuditing Services<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Oberheiden P.C.\nCompliance Services<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Oberheiden P.C.\nHealthcare Defense Services<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Federal v. Non-Federal Billing<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>It is a myth\nto believe that billing for non-federal claims removes a clinic from federal\njurisdiction. In the last few years alone, the U.S. Justice Department and the\nFBI have prosecuted a plethora of practice owners for healthcare billing fraud\neven though these businesses did not bill a single federal claim. The tools to\ndo so are twofold. For one, the government invokes 18 U.S.C. 1341 and argues\nthat each use of the mail system (or in case of electronic billing: 18 U.S.C.\n1343) or the internet constitutes mail fraud. Additionally, recently the\ngovernment added 18 U.S.C. 1952, also known as the Travel Act, to fortify its\nposition that any and all healthcare billing fraud is federal fraud whether it\nis about federally funded patients, private insurance payments, or federal\nintermediaries and MACs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Federal\nPrograms<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Centers for Medicare\nand Medicaid (CMS)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Department of Labor\n(Federal Workers Compensation)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tricare (Military)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Private\nInsurance (PPOs)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Blue Cross Blue Shield<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>United Healthcare<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Cigna<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Aetna<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Anthem etc.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Indications that Your Billing and Coding Are Wrong<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Most billing\nmistakes are completely avoidable. A routine use of a particular code (e.g.\nLevel 3 or Level 4 office visits, overutilization of lucrative procedures) can\nquickly catapult your billing practices onto the desk of an auditor or fraud\ninvestigator. Most clinics with billing problems will sooner or later\nexperience one of the following concerns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Lack of Trust in\nBilling Staff<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Delegation of\nBilling to Simple Hourly Staff Members<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Your Collection Rate\nIs Under 90%<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Pre-Authorization\nDenials<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Poor\nDocumentation\/Medical Notes<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Recent Healthcare\nAudits<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Overutilization of\nSpecific Codes<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Letters from CMS or\nPrivate Insurances<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lack of Certified\nCoder<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Payment Suspension<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Liability of\nIncorrect Billing Is on You, Not the Biller<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>More extreme indications include events such as the FBI executing a Search Warrant, you receiving a Grand Jury Subpoena, or OIG and FBI agents trying to interview current or former staff members. Oberheiden P.C. attorneys have defended clinics, medical doctors, and business owners of every form of healthcare clinic\u2014from hospital, laboratory, pharmacy, physical therapy clinic, cardiologist, psychiatrists, dentists to name just a few\u2014in federal billing fraud cases. Don\u2019t wait until your healthcare billing arises to a formal investigation. Get advice today!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Medical Billing Compliance<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Medical billing problems\nare entirely avoidable. The way to prevent mistakes (and to fix existing\nproblems) is twofold: competent staff and effective compliance. Put bluntly,\nyou can\u2019t expect wonders from a person that you pay $ 15 or $ 18 per hour to\nhandle your billing and coding. It will not work. Billing and even more so\ncoding are very complex procedures that should be left to people with\nappropriate credentials such as Oberheiden P.C.\u2019s certified healthcare coders. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Similarly, besides\ncompetent and trained staff, if you are just like most healthcare operations,\nyou don\u2019t have a compliance program. To be clear, you talk about compliance,\nand compliance is important to you, but the reality is that you do not have\nanything that would even remotely resemble a comprehensive, credible compliance\nprogram. If our assumption is correct, you are then among the 95% or so clinics\nthat do not have a formal compliance program in place. In other words, you are\noperating in the second most regulated industry in the United States without\nany safety net, without any precautions, and without any demonstration of your\ngood intent. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>You are playing Russian\nRoulette<\/strong>. Today\u2019s healthcare, unfortunately, means that providers have the\nburden of proof that they are compliant rather than, as it should be, the\ngovernment having the burden of you being not compliant. Because the government\nwill not use an x-ray machine to determine what your true intent was in terms\nof billing compliance, every claim that you submit that is false is your\nliability to deal with. Lacking any demonstrated efforts to show how you\nactually tried to be compliant (outside counsel, professional staff, certified\ncoders etc.), you will know from here forward that your mistakes can be interpreted\nas criminal. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Let <strong>Oberheiden P.C.<\/strong> Establish Its Proven OIG Compliance Program that\nEliminates Intent<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Let <strong>Oberheiden P.C.<\/strong> Advise You with Its Team of Certified Coders and\nProfessional Billers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The only way, and the\nonly recognized way in healthcare to do so, is to have a compliance program.\nThat is, you have written materials that demonstrate, for everyone visible,\nthat you want to do things right. A compliance program stands for you having\ngood intent. Not surprisingly, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)\nand the Office of Inspector General (OIG), the two enforcement arms of the\nUnited States Department of Justice (DOJ) in healthcare fraud cases, expect\nevery provider and every clinic to incorporate and apply recommended compliance\nmaterials. How to do so: Ask <strong>Oberheiden P.C.<\/strong> today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How Oberheiden P.C. Can Help Your Business Avoid Billing Mistakes<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Decades at the U.S. Justice Department, the insights of long-time healthcare fraud prosecutors, and exceptionally qualified billing and coding experts all make <strong>Oberheiden P.C<\/strong>. a go-to place when it comes to protecting healthcare businesses against audits, inquiries, and investigations. We represent clients in need of <a href=\"https:\/\/federal-lawyer.com\/whistleblower-lawyers\/qui-tam\/\">qui tam<\/a> defense, involved in False Claim Act investigation, facing federal criminal charges, and in other legal matters. Our attorneys and consultants are available to discuss your concerns and work with you so that you can build your business without having to worry about the next audit, disgruntled employees, or incompetent staff members. Call Oberheiden, P.C. today at <a href=\"tel:8886801745\">888-680-1745<\/a>, including on weekends, or <a href=\"\/contact\/\">inquire online<\/a>. Consultations are free and confidential.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Healthcare Attorneys and Billing Experts Assist with Medical Billing and Coding Questions Of the many ways someone can get into trouble in the healthcare space, incorrect billing and coding are definitely on the top of the list. 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