Healthicity Blog

Most of the time, whistleblowers are employees or someone internal to an organization. In the recent guilty verdict of Dr. Syed Ahmed, a surgeon in New York, it appears from court documents that patient complaints triggered the HHS-OIG and FBI investigations which led to the doctor’s trial.

The OCR HIPAA Audit program is off and running. OCR has selected 167 Covered Entities for desk audits and has published three new guidance documents.

1. Long Island Dermatologist Settles Claims That He Defrauded Medicare And Medicaid

On July 30, 1965, President Johnson signed the Social Security Amendments which established Medicare and Medicaid,

‘I just wish there were more time in the day.’ 

This is a statement many of us have probably said a hundred times.

Are you missing out on an important opportunity to vastly improve your organization’s compliance program and prevent potential fines, legal actions, and bad press?

1. The United States Intervenes In False Claims Act Lawsuit - The U.S. Department of Justice intervened in a lawsuit against Prime Healthcare Services, Inc.,

A review of court records shows that the government alleges that Prime Healthcare implemented practices and procedures that would lead