Ethics and Compliance Reporting Hotline
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888-609-NOVA (888-609-6682)Ethics and Compliance Hotline Website
The Ethics and Compliance Reporting Hotline is NOT a 911 or Emergency Service
The Ethics and Compliance Reporting Hotline is not appropriate for emergencies or immediate threats to life or property. If you require emergency assistance, please contact 911 or your local authorities.
The following Frequently Asked Questions are derived from questions previously submitted to the Office of Health Care Compliance. Please note that these answers may not be appropriate to your specific situation and may require further research by the Office of Health Care Compliance.
It is important to promptly and accurately act upon correspondence from governmental entities. If a Health Care Provider or Department employee receives this type of correspondence, it should be presented promptly to the Department Manager for reporting and forwarding to the Office of Health Care Compliance. The contact information is Telephone (954) 262-4241 and Fax (954) 262-4043.
The Office of Health Care Compliance in conjunction with our General Counsel, if deemed necessary, will provide coordination of the response and may perform an internal review, including but not limited to:
Please immediately call the Office of Health Care Compliance at (954) 262-4241, or our General Counsel at (954) 390-0100 so that someone from either office can talk to the representative to ascertain the purpose of the visit.
A new patient is one who has not received any professional services, such as an Evaluation and Management (E/M) service or other face-to-face service (e.g., surgical procedure) from the same physician or physician group practice (same physician specialty and subspecialty) within the previous (3) three years.
For example, if a professional component of a previous procedure is billed in a 3-year time period, (e.g., lab interpretation) and no E/M service or other face-to-face service with the patient is performed, then this patient remains a new patient for the initial visit. An interpretation of a diagnostic test, reading an x-ray or electrocardiogram (EKG) etc., in the absence of an E/M service or other face-to-face service with the patient does not affect the designation of a new patient.