Fierce Healthcare September 19, 2022
A mental health provider billed an average of four hours per visit for 37 different visits. The provider and six others who overbilled for providing telehealth services to Medicare beneficiaries during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic all worked for the same chain of mental health and substance abuse offices in Florida.
What are the chances?
Slim to none, according to government healthcare researchers investigating dubious telehealth billing practices for Medicare beneficiaries. Their findings are contained in a report by the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Inspector General.
There’s more.
“One physician billed for telehealth and then ordered medical equipment and supplies for more than 400 beneficiaries, representing nearly 78% of...
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