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When Trent Stechschulte joined Equitas Health as their Compliance Officer, he discovered a compliance program that wasn’t living up to its potential. Like many compliance programs there were a slew of manual processes, incidents going unreported and trainings that were conducted few and far between.

1. Healthcare Service Provider to Pay $60 Million to Settle Medicare and Medicaid False Claims Act Allegations - A major U.S. hospital service provider, TeamHealth Holdings, as successor in interest to IPC Healthcare Inc., f/k/a IPC The Hospitalists Inc. (IPC), has agreed to resolve allegations

President Trump’s words might lead us to believe we’re heading towards an “anti-regulation” future. But I think the foundations of compliance programs will remain intact.

The DOJ recently published this document, which provides additional insight into their practices of evaluating compliance programs.

Back in the 1980’s, Larry Plutko started his career in Healthcare and by the 90’s found himself fascinated by compliance. In 2008, he accepted a position of compliance officer in Austin, Texas, where he became an important career mentor to me.

What’s the difference between a regular coder and an exceptional coder? Well, an exceptional coder is dedicated to giving his/her all, everyday.

1. The University of California at Riverside’s Pilot Payroll Certification System Did Not Provide Accountability Over Payroll Charges to Federal Awards (A-04-13-01026) -

When we hear of doctors, hospitals and other healthcare providers settling False Claims Act allegations with the government, we frequently learn that the accusations were first raised by a current or former employee or another healthcare provider such as a physician.