Compliance
Providing updates and other information about pertinent healthcare industry compliance
To avoid Civil Monetary Penalty (CMP) liability, health care entities need to routinely check the LEIE to ensure that new hires and current employees...
Most Defendants Charged and Largest Alleged Loss Amount in Strike Force History 6/22/16 Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch and Department of Health and Human...
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) recently released an updated Mid-Year Work Plan for fiscal year...
As a part of its continued efforts to assess compliance with the HIPAA Privacy, Security and Breach Notification Rules, the HHS Office for Civil...
On February 1, 2016, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the Zika virus a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC)1. According to the...
Effective January 1, 2017, when processing claims for Part B drugs and biologicals, except those provided under Competitive Acquisition Program (CAP), the use of...
On May 26, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) outlined additional unspecified diagnosis codes the agency is excluding from both ICD-9 and ICD-10...
An add-on code is a HCPCS/CPT code that describes a service that, with one exception (see next paragraph), is always performed in conjunction with...
On June 24, CMS released a change request informing contractors of new CLIA waived tests approved by the Food and Drug Administration. Since these...
