In the 2020 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) final rule, CMS put a stamp of approval on its previous proposals to overhaul how medical practices will report office and outpatient E/M services in 2021.
In many companies, the compliance officer is the first to become aware of a potential compliance problem that could lead to civil or criminal liability. A best practice is to give the compliance officer the authority to conduct internal investigations.
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.
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.
