I am curious/concerned how much responsibility falls on the CPC of a billing office, if an audit were to occur, where the practice owner has demanded claims be sent in and someone else coded them. If a CPC knew the claims to most likely be faulty in some way but that CPC’s name is not associated with them, could it legally come back on the CPC? The coder in question would not be certified. I know that ethically it would not be right to let the claims go w/o a fight, but legally/technically is there a problem that would follow the CPC indefinitely?

Thank you in advance for any advice, legally or ethically,

Tazlar