Re: backdating reports


Phyllis Nilsson wrote:
The original poster said it was for insurance purposes. What else does
an insurance company do if not reimburse?

Phyllis, I am definitely not disputing this.


The date on the report is
important because if he is asking for reimbursement for the time frame
from 1/5/05 through 1/15/05 and his report is dated 1/15/06, there is a
definite discrepeancy and it may appear it is not for the same procedure
or time frame and the patient didn't have that procedure done during
2006. We've had to send reports to insurance companies on more than one
occasion because they were questioning the time frame of services rendered.

Phyllis, they do not look at the dictated and transcribed dates when
they are looking at reports. They look at the date the procedure was
DONE, and the date on the claim form.

If it was exactly the same date, then yes, there could POSSIBLY be
confusion, but insurance companies don't go looking for confusion.
Fraud yes, but confusion no. This is just plain nitpicking. If the
dates at the bottom are 11 months and 20 days after the procedure,
there is no confusion that he is dictating a procedure before it was
even done.

Janice

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