Healthicity Blog

This year’s enforcement landscape brought sharper oversight, evolving regulations, and new vulnerabilities across healthcare and beyond. Yet amid the turbulence, one message stood out: proactive compliance programs don’t just protect organizations from penalties—they deliver measurable returns in...

Strong internal auditing starts with knowing where to look. Whether you're building a new audit plan or refining an existing one, identifying the right opportunities is key to maximizing impact, improving compliance, and driving continuous improvement.

You already know that cybersecurity isn’t just IT’s responsibility; it’s a core part of compliance. But turning best practices into daily habits across your organization can be easier said than done.

The U.S. Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) has their compliance eyes on a couple dermatology issues you need to know about. The first involves medical coding modifier 25 and the second is about skin substitutes.

When compliance looks strong on paper but weak in practice, risk doesn’t just rise—it festers. In our latest Compliance Conversations, CJ Wolf talks with Jacklyn DeMar (President and CEO of The Anti-Fraud Coalition) and Elin Kunz (expert witness & former whistleblower) about the False Claims Act...

Whether you’re a medical coder, auditor, or compliance professional, staying up to date on 2026 ICD-10-CM updates is crucial for accurate reporting and reducing claim denials.

The HHS OIG has added to their work plan an analysis of Medicare Advantage Enrollment. According to OIG, the Medicare Advantage program is vulnerable to schemes designed to increase Medicare Advantage organization (MAO) profits by improperly influencing enrollment. They explained that known...

In this episode of Deeper Than the Headlines, CJ Wolf, MD, takes a closer look at a cautionary case that hits uncomfortably close to home for compliance professionals.