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Back to EpisodesAudit Defense: What Health Care Providers and Attorneys Need to Know
Description
Harriet Wall, President and CEO, LW Consulting, Inc., speaks with Rachel Hold-Weiss, Partner, Benesch Friedlander Coplan & Aronoff LLP, about the ins and outs of Unified Program Integrity Contractor (UPIC) audits and corporate integrity agreements (CIAs). They discuss how UPICs decide who to audit, what a UPIC audit appeal process is like, what providers should do within 48 hours of receiving an initial letter from a UPIC, advice for attorneys making an appeal at the administrative law judge level, and how providers can prevent UPIC audits. They also discuss how providers should respond to a CIA, how CIAs have changed over time, and how providers can avoid a CIA. Sponsored by LW Consulting.
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