What happened to Eastern Carolina internal Medicine (ECIM) in Pollocksville, North Carolina is a provider's nightmare about government oversight run amok.

A Medicare audit began as a medical records request. The auditor alleged minor errors in the medical charts and then extrapolated an overpayment amount. A demand for $40,000 in alleged over payments from Medicare quickly escalated to more than $1 million. To be paid immediately.

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