Question,
Did the provider obtain any reference to the alleged investigations???
if not, maybe there arent any investigations. I am a speaker at many billing seminars. When I present a seminar, I provide the reference to my subject. If there is NO reference provided, how do we know what is presented is true or is it an ego trip where the speaker is trying to sound credible byere presenting something that makes it look like they are the first to announce something. But, with reference, then you have credibility. Without reference, it may be nothing more than BS. leavin you to spend hours and asking others to spend hours seein if this story is true.
For example, if I said, in 2010, Medicare proposes the elimination of payment for consultation codes.
Sounds real. But so far there is no reference to what I just said. To provide legitimacy to my name and background, here is my reference:
http://www.cms.hhs.gov/apps/media/press/release.asp?Counter=3469&intNumPerPage=10&checkDate=&checkKey=&srchType=1&numDays=3500&srchOpt=0&srchData=&keywordType=All&chkNewsType=1,+2,+3,+4,+5&intPage=&showAll=&pYear=&year=&desc=&cboOrder=date.
IN January 2003, the OIG published a study called Comparing To Private Medicare Physician Payments Payers. CPT 97112 is listed in Appendix D of that study.
http://oig.hhs.gov/oei/reports/oei-06-00-00570.pdfIs this code under investigation? I dont know. Im not a private researcher and I cannot provide credence to what someone heard at a seminar without any reference to that thing that was heard, no will i devote anytime to reearching what someone heard. Sorry