Season 4: Episode 1 - Season of Firsts, our First FWA Investigations

About this episode

In this episode, EVP Karen Weintraub discusses her first case involving various elements of healthcare fraud investigations.

Season 4 will be a series of interviews with members of our own Special Investigations Unit.  A different member of our team of investigators, coders and clinicians will join each episode for a fun reflective chat on their first case and lessons learned.  In this first episode, our EVP Karen Weintraub will walk through her experience in her first case that contained all the key elements from data mining, onsite audits, medical record retrieval and reviews, interviews, working with attorneys, settlement, negotiation and more....

People in this episode

Guest: Karen Weintraub

Topics covered

• healthcare fraud
• investigations
• data mining
• medical records
• audits
• negotiation

Keywords

• healthcare fraud
• investigations
• data mining
• audits
• medical records
• negotiation
• interviews

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Special Investigations Unit, Healthcare Fraud Shield

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