title: Voluntary disclosure by health care providers: should you do it?
abstract: This article addresses the factors a provider needs to consider when evaluating whether to voluntarily disclose billing errors or billing fraud. It outlines procedures for the Office of the Inspector General's formal voluntary disclosure program as well as mechanisms for correcting routine billing errors with a carrier.
authors.affiliation: Medicare and Medicaid Issues, Fraud and Abuse Counseling, Powell, Goldstein, Frazer & Murphy LLP, 1001 Pennsylvania Avenue, Suite 600 South, Washington, D.C. 20004, USA.
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Caccia
authors.forename: R N
authors.initials: RN
authors.lastname: Falk
mesh_terms: D005607:Fraud / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D006801:Humans; D007349:Insurance, Health, Reimbursement; D008484:Medicaid / Q000191:economics*; D006278:Medicare / Q000191:economics*; D011216:Practice Management, Medical; D014342:Truth Disclosure; D014481:United States