Healthicity Blog

Great, You’re a Perfectionist. Now What?

I’ve been auditing for almost thirty years. In that time, I’ve learned that auditors are typically extremely detail oriented, which is fantastic.

Training and education touches employees on the front lines more than any other element of an effective compliance program.

The National Correct Coding Initiative (NCCI) is a program designed by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to prevent overpayment or improper payment of procedures that should not be submitted together.

Disciplinary action gives everyone an uneasy feeling. It’s one of those things that nobody likes to talk about.

Most of us are familiar with Stephen R. Covey’s popular book, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. It provides timeless insight for both personal and professional effectiveness.

Training practitioners to better document their visits seems to spark frustration like nothing else among auditors, so much so that auditing forums are full of auditors asking for tips and tricks of the trade.

CMS won’t be enforcing the Affordable Care Act’s Skilled Nursing Facilities compliance requirement until November of 2019.

Wait! Don’t open that bottle of champagne just yet! You submitted your MIPS but it looks like you might not be done with 2017, after all.