Steve Spearman
There are many requirements for attesting to Meaningful Use in 2016. For most providers, they will be following Meaningful Use Modified Stage 2 requirements which includes 9 criteria for eligible hospitals and 10 requirements for eligible providers.
Healthicity
1. Fort Myers doc pays $250K Medicare Fraud Settlement - “A Fort Myers urologist implicated in a multimillion-dollar federal investigation of 21st Century Oncology's billings to the Medicare and Tricare programs, will pay $250,000 to resolve allegations against him”
CJ Wolf
It’s not unusual to read about large, multi-million dollar settlements for alleged healthcare fraud and abuses.
Michelle Ann Richards
Take the time to calculate your hospital's incentive payment. It’s important.
CJ Wolf
As we discussed in our previous incident management posts, your compliance program doesn’t need to be perfect, but rather, it needs to be “generally effective” in preventing non-compliance.
Healthicity
1. Tenet Healthcare agrees to plead guilty in Atlanta kickback scheme, will pay $514 million - “Tenet Healthcare Corp. (NYSE: THC) said Monday that it believes it has reached an agreement
CJ Wolf
Tenet Health announced on Aug. 1, 2016 that it believes it has come to an agreement with the U.S. government for a $514 million settlement associated with a lawsuit alleging it paid for maternity patient referrals.
Steve Spearman
On August 4, 2016, the Office of Civil Rights announced a resolution agreement with Advocate Health System, the largest health system in the state of Illinois, which included a $5.5 million civil monetary penalty.
