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I appreciate you attending my recent webinar, titled "Compliance, Simplified" back on November 9, 2016. During that time, I had stated that changes may be happening. We all know the only constant in healthcare is change. 

On November 15, 2016, the HHS OIG announced that New Jersey OB/GYN, Dr. Labib Riachi, agreed to be excluded from participation in Federal healthcare programs for 20 years.

In this special holiday edition of The Misadventures of Ada, suggested by, Vereen Watson, CCS, Ada braves the crowds to attempt a little black friday shopping. Ada arrives early, ready to knock off her entire holiday list with her cart ablazing as she waits for the doors to open. Once they do,...

1. OIG names 2017 goals: Bolstering HHS and NIH data security, tackling EHR challenges - “The Office of Inspector General has the National Institute of Health's security and data control in its crosshairs.

In an effort to always provide useful information to our readers, we’ve compiled this blog post of 7 of our favorite posts from ProviderTrust’s resource center. It’s important to us that we’re constantly giving you all new perspectives, interesting new voices and useful industry knowledge that...

Each year, the HHS OIG publishes a work plan which highlights areas they will focus their auditing and investigative resources upon. Some of the projects are continuations from the prior year’s work plan while some are new or revised.

In this ICD-10 cartoon suggested by Joan Weeks-Dolan, Ada goes to the beach with her best friend Rhonda. Ada and Rhonda are having the time of their lives, splashing in the water, cruising on a jetski, enjoying the sun, until, well, just take a look for yourself...

1. East Tennessee pharmacist indicted on healthcare fraud charges - “A Claiborne County grand jury indicted a New Tazewell pharmacist for healthcare fraud charges in October. Joseph “Jess” Collins, 56, of Middlesboro, Ky., is charged with TennCare fraud, insurance fraud and computer crimes. Each...