Healthicity Blog

For fun, let’s take a short quiz. Would you say that the following scenarios would be coded as a new or established patient?

For the last couple months we've been busy preparing our annual survey report, The Compliance and Auditing Benchmark Report for 2018.

It’s been almost a year and many compliance officers are still trying to figure out how to make use of the OIG Resource Guide.

According to a recent post on Justice.gov, “A Detroit, Michigan-area doctor was sentenced to 72 months in prison today for his role in a $10.4 million conspiracy to defraud the Medicare program.”

Auditing for critical care is confusing and takes some serious detective skills. Sherlock anyone?

It’s been almost two years since CMS’ final rule on Reporting and Returning of Overpayments went into effect.

A patient’s history is a critical component to a physician for determining the etiology of a patient's problem. That’s why a history of present illness (HPI) is required in some form for every Evaluation and Management service.

The new year is a time to improve, adjust, and tackle compliance with new eyes and a reignited passion. It’s also a time for making a list of compliance resolutions, of things I need to tackle head on this year.