While the battle cry of “defund the police” has emerged from Black Lives Matter activists following the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police, could there also be sufficient reason for providers to advocate to “defund the Unified Program Integrity Contractors (UPICs)?”
According to RACmonitor investivative reporter Ed Roche, UPIC auditors are attacking osteopathic medicine, and might need lessons in reading patient notes. During the next live edition of Monitor Mondays, Roche will explore the seeming incompetence of auditors when they go after such providers. Osteopathic doctors help manage pain, but there may be no cure for an incompetent audit.
Other segments to be featured during the live broadcast include the following:
- COVID-19 Report: Dr. John Foggle, Adjunct Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at the Alpert Medical School of Brown University, will provide an update on the pandemic that claimed the lives of more that 152,000 in the U.S.
- Audit Report: Sean Weiss, compliance officer for DoctorsManagement, will report on the latest wrinkle in the ongoing kerfuffle of telehealth and patient consent.
- Legislative Update: Former Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) official Matthew Albright, now chief legislative affairs officer for Zelis, will report on the status of healthcare legislation associated with the current COVID-19 pandemic.
- Risky Business: Healthcare attorney David Glaser, shareholder in the law offices of Fredrikson & Bryon, will join the broadcast with his trademark segment, reporting on legal implications during the pandemic.
- Monday Rounds: Ronald Hirsch, MD, vice president of R1 RCM, will be making his Monday Rounds with another installment of his popular segment.