Health Care Fraud Schemes – DME

Insurance companies have continued to see increases in fraud surrounding durable medical equipment (DME). This presentation will walk through case study examples and explore the following topics:

  • Examine how DME schemes operate.
  • Discuss violations as they relate to Medicare rules and federal law.
  • Review red flags to look for in claims data and medical records.
  • Describe strategic tactics to utilize during DME investigations. 

Emily Foss

Special Investigator
Humana

Troy Chenevert

Senior Fraud and Waste Investigator
Humana

Registration Information


REGISTRATION RATES

Dues paying Member Organizations can designate up to two tuition-free registrations per webinar. Government Liaisons and Platinum and Premier Supporting Members can designate one tuition-free registration per webinar. All Individual Members, Supporting Members, and non-members (including local, state, and federal public agencies who are not Liaisons) need to submit a registration form and applicable payment.
NHCAA Member1 Government2 Non-Member3
$175 $175 $250
For both Tuition-Free and paid registrations additional webinar lines are $100.

REGISTRATION POLICIES

Registration closes at 3:00 PM ET the day before the webinar.

Cancellation/Substitution

All cancellations (regardless of date) will be assessed with at $100 administrative fee. All written notice of cancellations and substitutions should be sent via email to training@nhcaa.org. Cancellations must be received in writing 24 hours in advance of the webinar in order to receive any refund.

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Details & Frequently Asked Questions

Webinar programs are most appropriate for beginning and mid-career analysts, investigators, consultants, and law enforcement agents working in the health care anti-fraud industry.

As a level II, or intermediate program, some investigative / health care / coding expertise is assumed. Training content is focused on the detection and investigative processes, using case examples to highlight strategy and techniques.

There are no pre-requisite requirements to attend webinar programs.

All webinars are approved by: NHCAA for 1.5 CPEs and NASBA for 1.5 CPEs

Participants earn 1.5 Continuing Professional Education (CPE) hours applicable to the training requirements for the Accredited Health Care Fraud Investigator (AHFI®) designation.
AAPC Medical Coding CEU Approved Vendor*This program has the prior approval of AAPC for 1.5 continuing education hours. Granting of prior approval in no way constitutes endorsement by AAPC of the program content or the program sponsor.

The NHCAA Institute is registered with the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) as a sponsor of continuing professional education on the National Registry of CPE Sponsors. State boards of accountancy have final authority on the acceptance of individual courses for CPE credit. Complaints regarding registered sponsors may be submitted to the National Registry of CPE Sponsors through its website: www.nasbaregistry.org.

NASBA Field of Study: Specialized Knowledge & Applications

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1Member Rate applies to all NHCAA Member Organizations, Affiliate Members, Individual Members, Premier Supporting Members and Supporting Members.
2Government Rate applies to NHCAA Law Enforcement Liaisons and other attendees from local, state, and federal public agencies.
3 Non-Member participants must occupy a professional position with a private for-profit or not-for-profit health care reimbursement organization, in a local, state or federal law enforcement, prosecutorial, a regulatory agency or in a professional disciplinary organization. All registrations will be reviewed to ensure these eligibility requirements are met. If you are not in one of these positions, but wish to attend, please email us at: training@nhcaa.org.

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Date

Apr 21

Time

Eastern Time
2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
  • CPEs: 1.5
NHCAA

Organizer

NHCAA
Phone
202.659.5955
Email
training@nhcaa.org
Website
http://www.nhcaa.org

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