Healthicity Blog

Hello, to our outstanding community of auditors, coders, and compliance professionals. How’s your December?

Though whistleblower settlements don’t necessarily seem to be slowing down, it does seem that the government is announcing more and more settlements that appear to have originated from government data mining as opposed to whistleblowers.

11,343 individuals and entities have been excluded from participation in federal healthcare programs. The federal government has been awarded or negotiated over $6.8 billion in healthcare fraud judgments and settlements.

1. Long Island Radiology Company, Zwanger-Pesiri Inc., Pleads Guilty To Federal HealthCare Fraud Charges And Agrees To Pay $2.4 Million In Criminal Forfeiture -

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.