tci Part B Insider - 2016 Issue 30

Physician Notes: Couple Gets Prison Time for Masquerading as Physicians in Portable X-ray Scam

Plus: CMS Releases 2014 Part D Drug Data The use of portable imaging has skyrocketed in recent years due to its convenience and the necessity to reach more patients in a variety of settings from clinics to nursing homes to home health facilities. Garnering the images is a two-part system—first, a physician orders the initial service, then a licensed physician reads and interprets the images. A New Jersey couple—owners of two separate imaging companies—were caught in the act of posing as reading physicians from 2006 to 2014, falsifying documentation, and collecting over $4.8 million from...

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