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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.
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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.
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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.
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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.
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As many of you know, we’ve been releasing a lot of new stuff lately. We included audio files of our eBriefs, a new podcast, Compliance Conversations, and now, to keep the momentum going, we are launching an ICD-10 cartoon series, The Misadventures of Ada.
