2 - The Past: Electrodiagnostics Fraud and Abuse with Subsequent Cuts in Re-imbursement and the Unfortunate Impact on Physiatrists

Friday, October 21, 2022

3:30 PM – 4:45 PM ET

Location: 339-342

Speaker(s)

Peter A. Grant, MD

Physician/Owner
Peter A Grant MD PC
MEDFORD, Oregon

Disclosure: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.

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Dr. Peter Grant will present examples of fraud, waste, and abuse investigated and prosecuted by the FBI; a brief summary of the Office of the Inspector General Report on electrodiagnostics in 2013; the drastic cuts in electrodiagnostic re-imbursement in 2013 and the unfortunate impact on physiatrists and quality of electrodiagnostics.
Learning Objectives:
Understand 2013 EDX reimbursement cuts and why they occurred. Learn how these cuts have resulted in House Bill 8344 and how this protects patients from EDX Fraud.
Learn about the OIG report of 2014 regarding EDX Fraud and how that affects EDX quality in the US currently. Understand the major types of EDX Fraud and understand why this negatively affects EDX Quality on the US currently.
Learn what other health care providers can legally perform and interpret EDX studies in the US.
Understand why having an EDX Lab accredited is important and how it combats EDX Fraud. Understand why becoming certified by the ABEM is important and how it combats EDX Fraud (and is much easier now!)