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An OIG Special Agent, ZPIC Contractor, and U.S. Attorney all walk into a bar…Except they didn’t actually walk into a bar. But, they did recently walk into a Congressional hearing to offer testimony on healthcare fraud and abuse investigative efforts. What they had to say was pretty interesting.

In the last several years, I’ve conducted hundreds of HIPAA Security Risk Analyses and observed the types of challenges that organizations face to help keep patient information safe and secure.

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.