tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2003 Issue 38

Physicians: DON'T LET MEDICAL RECORDS COME BACK TO HAUNT YOU

Noted physician sentenced in dialysis billing probe.  A 7-year-old entry in a dialysis patient's medical chart has saddled a highly regarded nephrologist with a $100,000 restitution order. In addition to the restitution, U.S. District Court Judge Robert Lasnik Sept. 25 sentenced Dr. William Couser to five years' probation and 1,000 hours of community service in connection with a health care fraud investigation. The sentence comes on the heels of Couser's March 26 guilty plea to a single count of making a false entry on a patient's chart in 1996. According to U.S. Attorney John...

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