Dr. Brian Hyatt Billed Medicaid Recipients More than any Other Doctor
“Doctors typically bill one of three "medical codes" each day of a patient's hospital stay: one indicating a patient is stable or improving, one indicating that a patient is responding inadequately, and one indicating a patient is unstable or has "a significant complication."”
According to an affidavit against Dr. Brian Hyatt, 99.95% of the hospital care claims for Medicaid patients under his care were billed under the “a significant complication” code, which bills at the highest rate.
Billing patients at an inappropriately high rate is a type of Medicaid fraud known as "up coding."
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90 Lawsuits Filed Against Dr. Brian Hyatt and Northwest Medical Center's Behavioral Health Unit, Amplifying the Voices of Those Who Were Falsely Imprisoned and Ignored for Years
“Comparison between the health insurance fraud scheme alleged against Dr. Hyatt and Northwest Medical Center’s BHU and other Medicaid and Medicare fraud schemes around the country, including tips on how to spot, avoid, and report them.” To read more on the article, click here .
"The Daily Mail Online recaps NBC Nightly News’s report that broke the story of fraud and patient abuse in Northwest Medical Center’s BHU for national audiences. To read the whole article, click here. "
