Be Wary of How Some Providers are Documenting Time in 2021
October 22, 2021 | By Scott Kraft, Auditing Specialist, DoctorsManagement Like many of my auditing colleagues, I entered 2021 with a solid understanding of the rules of the 2021…
Auditing Infusions, Hydrations and Injections
October 15, 2021 | By Michele Stevens If your facility and/or practice is providing infusion, hydration, and injection services they should be included in your annual compliance auditing plans…
MIPS – What Practices Need to Know to Avoid Financial Penalties
September 17, 2021 | By Doug Graham, Senior Management Consultant and Director of Concierge Medicine Services, DoctorsManagement By law, CMS is required to structure the MIPS program such that…
Audit Preparedness & the importance of an Audit Plan
September 15, 2021 | By Stephanie Allard, CPC, CEMA, RHIT I am looking forward to the NAMAS 13th Annual Auditing and Compliance Conference at the Wyndham Grand Clearwater…
Getting Serious About Compliance
September 10, 2021 | By Jesse Overbay, JD By now, most health systems, practices, and providers should know that the Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) has been stressing the…
Ciox: Not a Bleach, But Not to Be Ignored
August 20, 2021 | By J. Paul Spencer, CPC, COC In my role as a compliance consultant specializing in carrier audit response, a lot of items are brought to…
As Pandemic Eases, OIG Ramps Up Audits
August 13, 2021 | By Grant Huang, CPC, CPMA With Americans having widespread access to effective vaccines, the COVID-19 pandemic is finally fading into the background for most practices,…
FY 2020 Annual Report Breakdown: “The 2022 Impact”
August 6, 2021 | By Sean M. Weiss, CHC, CMCO, CEMA, CPMA, CPC-P, CMPE, CPC 2021 has lived up to what, in my mind, I’ve dubbed back in…
Tips for Addressing HHS-OIG’s Discovery of Medicare’s Lack of Cybersecurity Oversight for Networked Devices in Hospitals
July 23, 2021 | By Rachel Rose, JD, MBA In June 2021, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General (HHS-OIG) issued Issue Brief,…
Shared Visits
July 16, 2021 | By David Glaser On May 3rd CMS pulled the shared visit language from the Manuals. The government has increasingly recognized that only statutes and regulations can…