Pay-Per-View: Audit your facility's ambulance rates to prevent inappropriate discounts
Healthcare Auditing Weekly, April 24, 2007
Auditing a healthcare facility is no easy task, and it's embarrassing when something falls through the cracks. But what is even worse is when situations arise about which you would otherwise have no clue, such as inappropriate, unwritten contracts with ambulance services.
Swapping-when a hospital or nursing home takes a discounted rate from ambulance companies for transports (e.g., Part A patient transports) in exchange for referring all of the other nonfacility responsible transports (e.g., Part B patient transports)-is one of the newest enforcement risks facing hospitals and other health facilities. It may not sound like a big deal, but a 1999 OIG advisory opinion found otherwise.
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