Comment of the Day

The issue of the day is the same old same old. For those of you who have not yet been educated on the principle of DEJA MOO -- think of Déjà Vu (as in, I think I have done or seen this before). In the case of Deja Moo – it is -- I have heard or seen this “BS” before.

That being the case, how many times do doctors have to be told to watch what goes on in their offices. If it is the doctor/owner – make sure that what leaves the office is correct. The proverbial “buck” stops at your desk. The latest case involves what might be a fraud on the part of an associate who is providing insurance claims for services that have not been rendered in order to provide the patient with free uninsured services. While the owner did not conduct the fraud – if it is his or her name on the receipts then the issue is very problematic.

If is a case of the associate not knowing what is going on in an office and finding out that the owner whether a doctor or non-professional owner is providing inappropriate billings then the associate must take immediate steps to ensure that they demand that the appropriate billings be rectified and to most likely terminate his or her relationship with the clinic.

In any event, “when you sleep with dogs, you will surely wake up with fleas.”