Healthicity Blog

Vacation season is finally upon us and nobody is more excited than Ada. After months of dreaming of the beach, she splurged on a roundtrip ticket to beautiful Florida. Thoughts of the crystal clear water, sandy beaches, lovely locals have her feeling giddy and energized.

Compliance officers have a lot to juggle. Incident management, internal auditing and monitoring, and enforcing standards, are just a few of the things you need to master. Plus, it seems like new guidelines are emerging from every corner.

Healthcare fraud and abuse are hot topics right now, it’s more important than ever to get on top of new codes and keep your practice audit-ready. Knowledge is power. This handy list will help you update CPT codes and stay current. Educate providers and staff using the following auditing resources.

It can be a total nightmare to figure out the definition of a “detailed” examination using 1995 Documentation Guidelines for Evaluation and Management Services. It doesn’t help that CMS has been reluctant to expand the definition. It’s frustrating, isn’t it?

Hello, folks!

I’ve got a new Compliance Conversations podcast episode for you, hosted by yours truly, to use in your continuous education efforts–or to rock out to during your commute.

I’m sure that all of you remember the looming transition to ICD-10-CM, and how it was akin to the madness of Y2K. It was crazy. But now that the frenzy has settled, it’s time to ask yourself, have you become complacent?

Today, we’re happy to announce the release of our 2017, annual industry report for healthcare compliance, coding and medical auditing.

At the end of 2016 I posted a blog about the unsealing of an indictment of 21 individuals allegedly involved in a $40 million bribe and kickback scheme involving Forest Park Medical Center Dallas (FPMC).