The government is starting a trial program in the District of Columbia that aims to improve treatment for Medicaid beneficiaries struggling with serious mental illness or substance use disorders.
When voluntary disclosure for overpayments is an option rather than an obligation, the provider may encounter diverse opinions among its decision-makers. Some may express a desire to bring the potential problem to the attention of the government and attempt to resolve the matter quickly without incurring criminal penalties, civil fines, or exclusions.
Our experts answer questions about conflicts between coding guidelines and payer requirements, documentation requirements for psychiatric assessments, and more.
Frequent users of the emergency department are often also high users of other medical, social, and mental health services. This underscores the need for hospitals to address not only medical issues, but the behavioral health and social needs of patients, says a new analysis published in the November issue of Health Affairs.
The application of attorney-client privilege is somewhat more complicated in situations where the client is a corporation. Although corporations are entitled to the same protection of confidentiality as noncorporate clients, the application of the privilege often turns on which corporate officials and employees sufficiently personify the corporation as a client.
