In the August 28, 2024 Final Rule, CMS updated the list of “Hospital Harms” in the Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting (IQR) requirements.

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The cause of this hyperbaric fire is not known. More information as it becomes available.

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The goal appears to apply advanced “AI” tools to evaluate the clinical record in order to determine whether a CTP/CAMP application is consistent with current coverage policies.

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QPP payment “adjustments” occur two years after the “performance year,” so that 2023 scores impact a practitioner’s 2025 Medicare payments.

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Increased awareness of the audit climate could cause clinicians to be fooled by these scams. Watch out!

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As I watch the fireworks on this 4th of July, I will be thinking about Thomas Paine’s famous quote, “That which we obtain too easily, we esteem too lightly.”

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If you are a healthcare attorney and would like to offer a legal perspective about the “themes” in these indictments, please contact me.

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Wound Care, specifically around the use of amniotic “skin substitutes,” made the news in the fraud press release.

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The Houston Chronicle has reported that a Houston podiatrist and his business partner have been charged with $45 million in healthcare fraud.

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