Compliance | Office of Inspector General | U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
25
Mar
Source: Compliance | Office of Inspector General | U.S. Department of Health and Human ... Read more »
CMS delays expansion of bundled payment programs – Modern Healthcare
21
Mar
For now, it’s a delay of three months, but the CMS is considering pushing back the Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement program and its cardiac bundles until 2018. Source: CMS delays expansion of bundled payment programs – Modern ... Read more »
UnitedHealth sued by U.S. government over Medicare charges | Reuters
21
Feb
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Santa Fe cardiologist admits health care, wire fraud | Albuquerque Journal
20
Feb
Doctor faces two years in federal prison, followed by supervised release Source: Santa Fe cardiologist admits health care, wire fraud | Albuquerque ... Read more »
Delaware County Podiatrist Sentenced to 8 Years in Prison for Health Care Fraud | USAO-EDPA | Department of Justice
10
Feb
Source: Delaware County Podiatrist Sentenced to 8 Years in Prison for Health Care Fraud | USAO-EDPA | Department of ... Read more »
How to Build an Effective Compliance Program (Without Breaking the Bank) [Presentation]
16
Jul
In this presentation from the 2014 Clinical Practice Compliance Conference, Brigid Maloney walks us through nine steps to develop an effective compliance program without breaking the bank. She includes best practices for essential steps like how to identify an appropriate ... Read more »
Questions that Leadership Should Ask the Compliance Officer
5
Jul
By Roy Snell roy.snell@corporatecompliance.org Below are some questions leadership should ask the compliance officer and a suggestion about how to implement these questions in your organization. You need to collaborate with leadership to pick a subset of the questions to ... Read more »
The Effects of Medicaid Expansion under the ACA: Findings from a Literature Review | The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
21
Jun
Research on the effects of Medicaid expansions under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) can help increase understanding of how the ACA has impacted coverage; access to care, utilization, and health outcomes; and various economic outcomes, including state budgets, the payer ... Read more »
Rx Pizza: 1 Free Meal Can Sway Doctor Prescribing – The New York Times
21
Jun
As little as one free meal from a drug company can influence which medicines doctors prescribe for Medicare patients, according to a study using Medicare records and recently released data from the health care law’s Open Payments program. Source: Rx ... Read more »
Bill would require more hospital transparency on charity care, other financials – Winston-Salem Journal: Local News
12
May
A bill introduced Tuesday in the state Senate would require hospitals to provide more transparency of their charity-care policies, particularly making that information more accessible on their websites. Source: Bill would require more hospital transparency on charity care, other financials ... Read more »