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Compliance Manager is our all-in-one compliance program software, empowering you with the tools and capabilities to manage your program with ease. Whether you're training employees, conducting risk assessments, or investigating incidents, you can manage your entire program in one easy-to-use...

Education related to documentation in the patient electronic medical record (EMR) is an area of health information management overdue for a tune-up. Lack of regular and formal education in this area poses a problem for healthcare providers who are expected to appropriately record information in the...

The OIG added many new items to their work plan in June. We’ve highlighted a select number of them below.

As the world continues to embrace digital solutions in healthcare, telehealth has emerged as a critical tool for providing accessible and efficient medical care across borders. However, with the rapid expansion of telehealth comes a complex web of legal and regulatory challenges that healthcare...

In November of 2023, the Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General (OIG) released an important guidance document called the General Compliance Program Guidance (GCPG). They have announced they will be publishing industry segment-specific guidance documents (ICPGs) as well. Though...

One of the new CPT^® codes in 2024 is the add-on code +99459, Pelvic Examination.

The U.S. Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (HHS OIG) has written, “For a compliance program to be effective, the organization should establish appropriate consequences for instances of noncompliance, as well as incentives for compliance.”¹