Monthly Archives: January 2025

$100,000 Penalty Against Mental Health Center – Failure to Provide Timely Access to Records

The Office of Civil Rights (OCR) imposed a $100,000 penalty against a California mental health facility, Rio Hondo [...]

Virginia Practice Pays $2M For False Documentation

A hospital in Virginia agreed to pay $2,378,731.06 for submitting claims to Medicaid that were improperly modified by the request of the practice’s employee.  Here [...]

Verification of Benefits – Are Payers Bound by Those Calls?

Verification of Benefits (“VOB”) occurs nearly daily, and the practice relies on the information provided by the [...]

G2211 Can be Reported with Preventive Services

CMS Issued Transmittal 13015 on December 23, 2024, covering expanded reporting of G2211.  CMS allows payment for G2211 when certain [...]