Healthicity Blog

CMS won’t be enforcing the Affordable Care Act’s Skilled Nursing Facilities compliance requirement until November of 2019.

As compliance professionals, we tend to focus on large dollar settlements to raise awareness within our organization. These type of events can definitely make some executives pay attention.

Recently, a $3.5 Million HIPAA settlement was announced on HHS.gov, “Fresenius Medical Care North America (FMCNA) has agreed to pay $3.5 million to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Ever wonder how the OIG investigates fraud? What do they look for? What challenges to they face?

Many Tribal programs receive funds from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Have you ever wondered if you’re meeting all the requirements to protect that revenue stream and the beneficiaries it’s intended to serve?

Everyone has to report to someone, even the OIG, and one way the OIG reports is via testimony before Congress. The latest of such testimony was given on April 12, 2018, by Megan H. Tinker, Senior Advisor for Legal Review.

Folks, I just came back this year’s HCCA’s Compliance Institute in Las Vegas and wow! It was the best year yet! Over 3,000 people attended and the facilities at the Aria hotel were terrific.

Michael Warner, an Osteopathic physician, board certified in family medicine, turned patients’ rights advocate has a lot say about a patient’s rights to access.