Healthicity Blog

The OIG’s most recently published report reveals its findings of overpayments associated with HBO (and they’re not talking about the cable channel).

As 2018 comes to an end, compliance professionals are gearing up for 2019 by reading up on rules and regulations, planning to conduct a risk assessment and putting their work plans together.

1. Former Maryland Physician Agrees to Pay $400,000 to the United States to Resolve Allegations of Fraudulent Billing for Psychotherapy Services –

In November, the OIG published their Semiannual Report to Congress.

1. Physicians Pay More than $1.5 million to Government for Kickback Scheme –

In November we saw some new updates to the OIG Workplan. Make sure you review all of them to see if your organization will be affected.

As a compliance professional, you might find yourself celebrating how few incidents are reported at your organization.

The Federal government awards many grants every year.  One of the main agencies involved in grants for healthcare entities is the National Institutes of Health (NIH).