Is Your Practice or Company Under Investigation for Providing Amniotic Injections?

[Agast]

Amniotic Injection Fraud? CID? What You Need to Know | Federal Lawyer

Is your healthcare practice or business under investigation for amniotic injection fraud? Our federal healthcare fraud defense lawyers explain what you need to know.

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Now that Medicare clawbacks for the amniotic fluid injections are coming, I was curious what would happen to the people doing them and found this interesting article written by a law firm. Hope none of you got caught up in this.

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[nvrsumr]

Everyone knew this was bogus billing. I was getting reps shilling this to me years ago. I hope anyone who did it is prosecuted for fraud.

 

[DrSpine]

Talked to a practice recently, and first question I was asked, "Are you comfortable with doing Wharton's Jelly Injections under Medicare?" Really strange.

 

[Doctodd]

nope......saw this coming

 

[lobelsteve]

I've used it in OR in higher risk patients for SCS wound closure. But that is not a pain injection.

 

[MitchLevi]

I've used it in OR in higher risk patients for SCS wound closure. But that is not a pain injection.

Really?

How do you do it? Smokers and obese pts? Autoimmune?

 

[lobelsteve]

Really?

How do you do it? Smokers and obese pts? Autoimmune?

Age 75+. DM, cancers, RA/SLE.

 

[MitchLevi]

Age 75+. DM, cancers, RA/SLE.

Where do you place it? Just inject it into your incision line or deep into the wounds?

 

[lobelsteve]

Epifix sheets. Between closure layers.

 

[drusso]

Epifix sheets. Between closure layers.

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Dr. Centeno reviews the recent Medicare clawback of all amniotic and umbilical cord stem cell injections.

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[drusso]

Epifix sheets. Between closure layers.

You're a closet Regenerist...

 

[Orin]

Epifix sheets. Between closure layers.

Any data on that?

 

[lobelsteve]

In shoulders and gyn surgery.

 

[rexed]

Amniotic Injection Fraud? CID? What You Need to Know | Federal Lawyer

Is your healthcare practice or business under investigation for amniotic injection fraud? Our federal healthcare fraud defense lawyers explain what you need to know.

federal-lawyer.com

Now that Medicare clawbacks for the amniotic fluid injections are coming, I was curious what would happen to the people doing them and found this interesting article written by a law firm. Hope none of you got caught up in this.

I just had a rep visit my office last month still trying to tell me we can bill Medicare. I kept saying, "are you sure?".

 

[geauxg8rs]

I just had a rep visit my office last month still trying to tell me we can bill Medicare. I kept saying, "are you sure?".

Sure you can. You will just be subject to more headaches than payment. But I am sure the rep just said “we’ve been getting them paid without a problem.”