Who else are being audited? Physician-owned entities

Who else are being audited? Physician-owned entities

Scott Williamson

3/27/2013

Yesterday, the HHS OIG released a Special Fraud Alert for
physician-owned entities that derive revenue from selling, or arranging for
the sale of, implantable medical devices ordered by their physician-owners
for use in procedures the physician-owners perform on their own patients at
hospitals or ambulatory surgical centers (ASCs).

See posting here:
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It's only a matter of time before they look at physician abuse of external
medical devices.

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-----Original Message-----
From: Orthotics and Prosthetics List [mailto:<Email Address Redacted>] On
Behalf Of Albert J Garney
Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2013 6:56 PM
To: <Email Address Redacted>
Subject: [OANDP-L] Who else are being audited?

Greetings everyone:

I have a quick question. Is it only the O&P professionals being audited or
are the physicians, physical therapists, companies that have sales people
sitting OTS devices also included in these audits?

Case in point with the recent article in the O&P almanac that showed over
61,000 claims on the L0361 were mostly provided by physical therapist,
physicians and other DME providers that were not traditional O&P
professionals.

In my opinion this is what got us into the current environment and I hope
that they are also being included within the Medicare audits.

Albert Garney,CPO
Prince William Orthotics & Prosthetics
8644 Sudley Rd Suite 305
Manassas VA 20110

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