Healthicity Blog

Did you know that Audit Manager Facility makes it easy for you to conduct audits for any encounter type, inpatient or outpatient, for either coders or providers? It’s true.

The DOJ and OIG recently announced the 2018 Fraud Takedown which resulted in charges against 601 individuals responsible for over $2 Billion in fraud, according to the federal government

Disciplinary action gives everyone an uneasy feeling. It’s one of those things that nobody likes to talk about.

1. Healogics Agrees to Pay Up to $22.51 Million to Settle False Claims Act Liability for Improper Billing of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy –

“....O say does that star-spangled banner yet wave

O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?”

In June 2018, the OIG added more items to its work plan. Here’s a quick summary of some of those newly added items

HIPAA fines have been known to decimate an organization's finances. Just this month, MD Anderson was slammed with a devastating $4.3 million fine for violating the HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules by failing to encrypt many of its devices. 

1. Nurse Practitioner Pleads Guilty in Compounding Pharmacy Fraud Scheme –