Healthicity Blog

1. Most Hated Man in Healthcare’ Trial Underway: “Martin Shkreli, the ‘most hated man in healthcare,’and former pharmaceutical executive who gained notoriety for hiking up the price of a life-saving drug, will finally go on trial Monday on charges of ripping off investors.”

Every auditor faces different challenges. Some of us get stuck on MIPS, while others struggle with HCC. The one area that seems to really stump all of us across the board is Medical Decision Making.

1. 3 Ways To Measure The Effectiveness Of Your Compliance Program: It’s important to have an effective compliance program but sometimes it can be pretty difficult to measure the success.

Gone are the days when compliance was viewed as less important than other departments in healthcare. Compliance is vital and with its importance comes great responsibility.

Compliance officers must adapt to the ever-changing rules and regulations.

1. Los Angeles Hospital Agrees to Pay $42 Million to Settle Alleged False Claims Act Violations Arising from Improper Payments to Physicians -

You’re an auditor, a pretty awesome one at that, but how much do you actually know about auditing?

Are you up-to-date on ICD10 codes, modifiers, E/M services and/or surgical codes? If you consider yourself an expert, now’s your chance to test your knowledge.

$8.18 Billion is a lot of money. It’s not the amount recovered by the government from healthcare fraud and abuse. It’s not the amount of money provided in charity care by hospitals.

An effective leader can easily make an organization. Here’s a few tips to stay ahead of the curve:

Leading a successful healthcare organization is challenging. But, there are a number of ways to stay ahead of the curve.

Step one, invest in yourself.