Healthicity Blog

1. Coral Gables Woman Sentenced For Skimming Social Security And Medicaid Benefits From Mentally Ill And Elderly Beneficiaries - Tampa, FL – U.S. District Judge Mary S. Scriven has sentenced Ilfrenise Charlemagne (68, Coral Gables) to 33 months in federal prison for wire fraud.

At the recent HCCA Compliance Institute, the OIG announced a new resource guide entitled, “Measuring Compliance Program Effectiveness.” The new resource guide contains over 400 examples of measures, categorized by the seven elements of an effective compliance program.

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

1. Miami-Based Physician Charged for Role in Pain Pill Diversion and Medicare Fraud Scheme -

Nick Merkin, CEO of Compliagent, chatted with me from his home in sunny California about compliance from an attorney’s perspective. Merkin, a lawyer by training, spent the first ten years of his career in healthcare law, primarily in litigation defense. So he knows a thing or two about how to keep...

1. Houston-Area Registered Nurse Pleads Guilty to Conspiring to Defraud Medicare of More than $5 Million:

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).

1. California Clinic Owner Sentenced to 63 Months in Prison for Role in Occupational Therapy Fraud Scheme -