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In the healthcare industry, accurate medical coding is crucial for ensuring quality patient care, proper billing, revenue integrity, and compliance. One powerful tool that can significantly enhance the auditing process is the checklist. 

When it’s time to conduct a compliance investigation, it’s critical to have a plan in place. Here’s a quick outline of some key steps to help you with your investigative efforts. 

In the complex world of healthcare compliance and auditing, effective communication is the linchpin that ensures a seamless flow of information, understanding, and collaboration. Whether you’re working with healthcare professionals, internal teams, or external colleagues, communication can make or...

Putting together an annual audit plan for healthcare compliance might sound daunting, but it's all about paying attention to the right details. 

Healthcare professionals must balance the benefits of a prescribed medication with the potential risks and side effects it may pose to the patient.

One in three healthcare workers plan to leave their job in the next year, according to new data. A wave of staffing shortages, combined with persistent burnout and exhaustion, is driving an exodus of vital healthcare workers from the field.

The U.S. Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) said it best: “An ongoing evaluation process is critical to a successful compliance program.” With 2023 halfway over, it’s a great time to pause and reflect on your compliance program’s wins and areas of opportunity for the...

Depending on who you ask, between 10% and 30% of claims are denied, lost, or ignored annually. That’s quite a chunk of change.