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TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

Preventing Fraud and Abuse, Compliance Committee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5

Identity Theft / Red Flag, Background . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6

Identity Theft / Red Flag, Rules Policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Exhibit “A” Letter regarding Identity Theft Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Exhibit “B” FTC ID Theft Affidavit, Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

ID THEFT AFFIDAVIT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . 17

Exhibit “C” IDENTITY ALERT FORM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Exhibit “D” Letter Regarding Identity Theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Exhibit “E” Letter Regarding Patient Misidentification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Exhibit “F” Checklists of Action Items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26

Policies and procedures Identity theft prevention and detection and Red Flags Rule

compliance Policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Fraud Prevention, Billing errors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Strategies to Prevent Fraud and Abuse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Examples of Fraud . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34

Suspension of Provider Payments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36

Significant Medicare Fraud and Abuse Provisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37

Making the Fraud Investigation Process Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38

Medicare Contractor Responsibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . .. . .41

Acknowledgment of Receipt of description of Medicaid Fraud . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . .43

Patient Brochure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45


 

 

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