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Weed. Marijuana. Ganja. The green plant goes by many names and has been a part of the global college and party scene for decades.

Let’s say you’re a Medicare Advantage organization and one day you receive a notification from CMS that you’ve been selected for a program audit. What should you do?

Over 1,000 coding, auditing, compliance and healthcare executives contributed to our 2018 Compliance and Auditing Benchmark report.

The OIG has added seven new items to their work plan in March 2018. Let’s look at a few of them a little more closely.

Rebecca Latchis landed in healthcare compliance after a HIPAA project in law school guided her to a new path.

According to a recent post on Justice.gov, “A Detroit, Michigan-area doctor was sentenced to 72 months in prison today for his role in a $10.4 million conspiracy to defraud the Medicare program.”

As a compliance officer working in the healthcare industry, I’ve heard it all. I’ve been given great compliance advice from wonderful mentors and supervisors.

Last week, I blogged about State Inspectors General in an attempt to draw attention to the efforts states are taking to combat fraud, waste and abuse in healthcare.