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In this special holiday edition of The Misadventures of Ada, suggested by, Vereen Watson, CCS, Ada braves the crowds to attempt a little black friday shopping. Ada arrives early, ready to knock off her entire holiday list with her cart ablazing as she waits for the doors to open. Once they do,...

1. OIG names 2017 goals: Bolstering HHS and NIH data security, tackling EHR challenges - “The Office of Inspector General has the National Institute of Health's security and data control in its crosshairs.

In an effort to always provide useful information to our readers, we’ve compiled this blog post of 7 of our favorite posts from ProviderTrust’s resource center. It’s important to us that we’re constantly giving you all new perspectives, interesting new voices and useful industry knowledge that...

In this ICD-10 cartoon suggested by Joan Weeks-Dolan, Ada goes to the beach with her best friend Rhonda. Ada and Rhonda are having the time of their lives, splashing in the water, cruising on a jetski, enjoying the sun, until, well, just take a look for yourself...

1. East Tennessee pharmacist indicted on healthcare fraud charges - “A Claiborne County grand jury indicted a New Tazewell pharmacist for healthcare fraud charges in October. Joseph “Jess” Collins, 56, of Middlesboro, Ky., is charged with TennCare fraud, insurance fraud and computer crimes. Each...

In this episode of Compliance Conversations, Cj Wolf sits down with Security and Privacy expert, Steve Spearman, to chat about ways healthcare practices can protect themselves from security and privacy threats.

1. Federal prosecutors accuse local medical practice of fraud - “A local medical group that treats patients with cancer and blood disorders took illegal kickbacks and filed false Medicare claims, according to a complaint filed by federal prosecutors…Prosecutors allege two illegal schemes.

We’re back again this week with another roundup of hot compliance news. We’ve got lawsuits, fraud, illegal kickbacks, and some interesting words of wisdom from HCCA keynote speaker, Robert DeConti.