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It’s that time of year! Everyone is running around trying to complete their 2017 HIPAA Security Risk Analysis as required under Meaningful Use and/or MACRA.

The OIG posted their most recent advisory opinion (AO) on Dec. 11th, 2017. Let’s talk about it.

On November 30th, the OIG posted its Semiannual Report to Congress. The report is a summary of the OIG’s activities from April 1, 2017 to September 30, 2017.

One of the seven elements of an effective compliance program is establishing a compliance officer.

For many years now the OIG has been performing Medicare Compliance reviews of hospitals.

You’ve heard of the Federal False Claims Act. But did you know that many states also have state false claims acts or equivalents?

The OIG, in cooperation with the Attorney General, determines whether States have false claims acts that qualify for an incentive under section 1909 of the Social...

For those of you unfamiliar with coding and billing, modifier -59 is a two-digit numeric code modifier that can be appended to a CPT or HCPCS procedure code, for example, and will frequently bypass many payor edits.

We all could use some advice every now and then, especially in the world of healthcare compliance.