February 7, 2023
Compliance, Compliance News, EMS Compliance News
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Executive Advisor and Counsel to EMS Compliance, Kevin Fairlie JD, MHA has the privilege of discussing EMS Compliance with the Kansas EMS Association on Thursday, February 9th before teaching the legal section of the always enjoyable Ambulance Service Manager (ASM) course from Fitch & Associates on Friday, February 10th!
KEMSA-EMSC Olathe Seminar…
April 20, 2021
Compliance, EMS Compliance News
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The DOJ has released its stats related to False Claims Act (FCA) cases from 2020. While healthcare compliance programs became mandatory after Obamacare for anyone billing Medicare and Medicaid, one of the primary purposes of your compliance program is avoiding prosecution under the FCA, and the massive penalties and/or prison sentences that come along with it.
Significantly, 2020 saw the largest number of new FCA cases initiated in a single year. Strikingly, the number of government-initiated cases against health care entities more than doubled from 2019 to 2020 and was at the highest level ever reported….
