Healthicity Blog

We are proud to announce Melinda Hawk, Director of Revenue Cycle at The Care Team Home Health and Hospice, as the winner of its inaugural Revenue Cycle Manager of the Year Award. This honor celebrates Melinda’s exceptional contributions to revenue cycle management and her decades-long commitment to...

Education related to documentation in the patient electronic medical record (EMR) is an area of health information management overdue for a tune-up. Lack of regular and formal education in this area poses a problem for healthcare providers who are expected to appropriately record information in the...

When healthcare organizations find themselves under a Corporate Integrity Agreement (CIA), the process can feel overwhelming. But there’s one partner that plays a pivotal role in navigating the requirements: the Independent Review Organization, or IRO.

Every strong compliance program starts with the ability to identify and act on potential issues — but turning those reports into trackable, manageable actions can be where things start to fall apart.

In this episode of Deeper Than the Headlines , we take a closer look at the recent case involving a physician group and its owner who agreed to pay over $152,000 to resolve civil allegations of False Claims Act violations. At the heart of the issue? Improper billing for telehealth services during...

For years, spreadsheets have been the go-to tool for compliance teams tracking 60-Day Rule adherence. But in today’s complex healthcare environment, manually updating spreadsheets just doesn’t cut it anymore. The risks are too high—missed deadlines, undetected overpayments, and noncompliance...

The AAPC’s annual HEALTHCON conference is the coder’s and auditor’s premier in-person educational event of the year. This year the event will be held in Orlando, FL from April 6-9, 2025.

Electronic Health Records (EHRs) have come a long way since the days of paper charts—but for many providers and auditors, EHR templates remain a source of frustration. In the latest episode of Compliance Conversations, CJ Wolf sits down with Elizabeth Herbert, an Epic Application Analyst at Baptist...