Healthicity Blog

The end of the year brings no greater joy than the opportunity to express to you season’s greetings and good wishes.

The OIG posted their most recent advisory opinion (AO) on Dec. 11th, 2017. Let’s talk about it.

1. Dallas-Based Physician - Owned Hospital to Pay $7.5 Million to Settle Allegations of Paying Kickbacks to Physicians in Exchange for Surgical Referrals -

Thanks so much for your interest in our webinar, Modifier 25: Unraveling E/M Services, where we talked about the complexities of Modifier 25, crucial payer information, regional MAC guidelines and much, much, more. The appropriate use of Modifier 25 can be a little tricky and a ton of you had...

On November 30th, the OIG posted its Semiannual Report to Congress. The report is a summary of the OIG’s activities from April 1, 2017 to September 30, 2017.

“Compliance professionals were people before they were in compliance,” Rudy Green joked when I sat down with him for our most recent episode of Compliance Conversations.

1. Former General Counsel of Company That Operates Health Maintenance Organizations in Several States Sentenced to Prison for Role in $35 Million Health Care Fraud Scheme -

One of the seven elements of an effective compliance program is establishing a compliance officer.