Expert witnesses should be as free of bias and prejudice as possible. Any taint in their testimony may appear to have great weight before a jury, or it may, as here, cause a successful lawsuit to be reversed and remanded for a new trial.
Medical staff
- Publisher
- Wiley (John Wiley & Sons)
- Year
- 1995
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 183 KB
- Volume
- 15
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1074-4797
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โฆ Synopsis
may be worse to submit a large number of small false claims than to submit a small number of major violations. It must be emphasized that the government does not need to show actual damage at all to recover its civil penalties. Finally, providers and billing clerks should not be placed under great pressure to maximize reimbursement. Such pressure may cause codes to creep upward and eventually be considered false claims.
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