Healthicity Blog

For the last month or so I’ve been posting about various CIA compliance program requirements from the OIG in one of their most recently published CIA.

The OIG has stated, “every Board is responsible for ensuring that its organization complies with relevant Federal, State, and local laws.”

1. UCLA Members Allegedly Violated Kanye West’s Privacy - TMZ reports that officials at the UCLA Medical Center are in the process of firing several employees who allegedly violated the privacy of Kanye West, who spent more than a week in the hospital last month following a reported bout of...

As you know, the OPPS recently published the 2017 Final Rule. Within the lengthy document, you’ll find that there have been multiple changes made to payment systems and payment models

Welcome to this week's post in our Deeper Than the Headlines blog post series.

In fiscal year 2016, the Department of Justice (DOJ) recovered $2.5 Billion through the False Claims Act from the healthcare industry.

Every compliance officer knows that effective compliance requires the participation of “an entire village.” While some organizations might think that hiring a compliance officer is all an organization needs to maintain compliance, that assumption could not be further from the truth.

In late August, the Office for Civil Rights of the Department of Health and Human Services announced via its listserv service that it was ramping up its enforcement efforts for smaller breaches of less than 500 records.

1. Justice Department Recovers Over $4.7 Billion From False Claims Act Cases in Fiscal Year 2016 - “The Department of Justice obtained more than $4.7 billion in settlements and judgments from civil cases involving fraud and false claims against the government in fiscal year 2016 ending Sept. 30,...