Physicians Practice April 25, 2024
Avoid running afoul of the False Claims Act.
It is well known that cutting and pasting portions of one patient chart into another patient chart is not a best practice. “Cloning refers to copying and pasting notes from one patient encounter to another without updating the information.”
What may be less known is that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services – Office of the Inspector General (HHS-OIG) and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) have assessed penalties in situations where cloned patient progress notes (i.e., those that were cut and pasted from one recorded into another record) for the knowing submission of false and fraudulent claims. As practitioners in the False Claims Act are (or should be aware),...
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