May 7, 2021 | By Frank Cohen, Director of Analytics and Busines Intelligence It looks like the feds are moving quickly into recoupment audit mode in regards to telehealth and other services reported during the COVID-19 declared Public Health Emergency (PHE). Starting sometime the end of the first quarter of 2020, HHS came out…
April 23, 2021 | By By Rachel Rose, JD, MBA Early in 2019, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services – Office for Civil Rights (HHS-OCR) announced the creation of an initiative to target violations of 45 CFR §164.524(b)(2) for not providing an individual with his/her requested protected health information (PHI) within…
March 5, 2021 | By Stephanie Allard, CPC, CEMA, RHIT When I begin to work with a new client on an auditing project, I like to set up a meeting with them before we begin, to talk through the steps that I take as an auditor and to discuss their reason for the audit…
January 19, 2020 | By Sean Weiss, CHC, CEMA, CMCO, CPMA, CPC-P, CMPE, CPC Welcome to 2020! It is my hope that all of you had a great holiday season and New Year and are well-rested and ready to take on the challenges of this new year head-on and armed with the necessary…
January 24, 2020 | By Frank Cohen, Director of Analytics and Busines Intelligence The first thing to note is that I am not an auditor. So, for me to write an article on auditing tips might seem a bit out of place. But this is not an article on auditing compliance but rather…