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 –

Riddle me this: Who had 1503 convictions, 810 civil settlements and judgments, 973 excluded individuals or entities, and recovered $859 Million

1. CareWell Urgent Care Center Agrees to Pay $2 Million to Resolve Allegations of False Billing of Government Health Care Programs –