The extraordinary increase in telehealth usage during the COVID-19 pandemic has opened the door for potential healthcare fraud, waste, and abuse (FWA), particularly around upcoding. Cotiviti CEO Emad Rizk, M.D., recently appeared on the Healthcare Financial Management Association’s (HFMA) Voices in Healthcare Finance podcast to discuss the contributing factors, such as inappropriate levels of care being administered via telehealth, and how health plans can protect themselves. Listen to the interview right here on the Cotiviti blog.
