Healthicity Blog

The OCR recently announced its next major HIPAA enforcement settlement

The Sunshine Act was created to increase the transparency of financial relationships between physicians and the manufacturers of pharmaceutical drugs and medical devices.

1. Former CEO of Tennessee Pain Management Company Convicted for Role in Approximate $4 Million Medicare Kickback Scheme –

Under the Medicare Advantage (MA) program, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) make predetermined monthly payments to MA organizations

Compliance professionals often spend a lot of our time interpreting shades of grey.

1. Radiation Therapy Company Agrees to Pay Up to $11.5 Million to Settle Allegations of False Claims and Kickbacks –

We Coders/auditors/billers often use the same codes over and over and forget that there may be specific guidelines for each of them.

Chapter 6 (G00-G99) of the ICD-10-CM coding lays the foundation for correct reporting of the disorders of the central nervous system