Healthicity Blog

Welcome to our weekly Compliance News Roundup. We scour the headlines in search of breaking healthcare compliance news so you don’t have to.

Over here at Healthicity, we’ve got some tricks up our sleeves.

You see, it’s our goal to create the best thought-leadership material out there because we want our readers, healthcare professionals like yourselves, to have all of the answers you need at your fingertips.

It’s finally here. The long awaited Final Rule from CMS for Long-Term Care (LTC) facilities was recently published in the Federal Register on Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2016 (Fed. Reg. Vol. 81, No. 192 pages 68688-68872).

Halloween is just around the corner. So, in light of the spookiest of holidays, one of our copywriters has taken a stab (ha!) at this blog post to add some holiday fun to our expert’s original, and otherwise respectable, thought leadership piece.

Whether you need help making informed decisions for your organization regarding the RAC audits, or need a refresher on ethical e/m coding, this list of super useful audit resources has it all.

“CPT currently defines a critical illness or injury as an illness or injury that acutely impairs one or more vital organ systems such that there is a high probability of imminent or life threatening deterioration in the patient's condition.” -ACEP.Org.

It’s the 21st Century and continuous education is more important than ever. In the last 20 years, we’ve experienced an explosion in information, technology, and our already dynamic industry has rapidly evolved (robots, EHRs, HIPAA, so many compliance rules!).

1. 10 largest HIPAA settlement fines - “HHS' Office for Civil Rights is becoming more aggressive in enforcing HIPAA regulations. In the first seven months of 2016 alone, HHS recorded close to $15 million in settlement payments.