Carolyn Buppert, NP, JD Posted: 12/01/2011 Editor’s Note: Healthcare is serious business, and the repercussions of deficiencies in medical documentation can be considerable. Nurse attorney Carolyn Buppert examines the landscape of medical record auditing — for a variety of purposes — and offers practical suggestions to improve your documentation in this 3-part series. Part 1 [...]

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NEW YORK — A network of fake nursing schools defrauded mostly Caribbean immigrants out of thousands of dollars and rewarded them with bogus certifications, New York’s attorney general said Thursday. Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman said the five schools in Brooklyn, Queens and on Long Island ripped off students for a total of $6 million. [...]

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