Called to the Principal’s Office: My Experience With a TPE Audit

One day, as medical director of three wound centers—two with hyperbaric services in a five-hospital system—I was called to the wound care administrator’s office. I heard the three things that I never wish to hear going into a meeting:

1.    “Please come to my office and close the door.”

2.    “I would like to give you a heads-up.”

3.    “You are being audited by Medicare for a targeted probe and educate.”

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