Healthicity Blog

It’s Springtime. The bees are buzzing and flowers blooming. It is also the time of year when coders, auditors, and compliance professionals are out in full force, learning all they can…at two of the industry’s main event. 

2024 brought a lot of changes to the medical coding and reimbursement world. In January, we highlighted some of the changes in our New Year, New Coding Changes webinar.

Medicare covers medical nutrition therapy (MNT) services, but only under certain circumstances.

The start of another month brings another review of new changes to the OIG’s Work Plan. Here are a few key items for compliance professionals to review.

Understanding compliance requirements in the healthcare industry is not always intuitive. There are many laws and regulations prohibiting certain types of activities in healthcare that might be allowed in other industries. Additionally, individuals involved in providing healthcare are often focused...

It’s the time of year for gift giving!

Medicare Advantage Compliance Under the Spotlight: Lessons from Cigna's $172 Million Settlement

$172 million is a lot of money. It's also the amount that the Cigna Group recently agreed to pay to resolve allegations it violated the False Claims Act in relation to its Medicare Advantage (MA) plan...

Mental health clinics rely on a variety of licensed and qualified personnel to provide and bill for appropriate services to an often-vulnerable patient population. Some of these professionals include psychiatrists, psychologists, counselors, and social workers. Additionally, many mental health...