Florida is a hot state, but it’s also been named a Hot State for healthcare fraud by several agencies. Two of the most common questions that we’re asked here at Advize Health are: 1) What do you do, and 2) Why are you located in Florida? Our responses to both questions are heavily rooted in…
Just when you thought it was safe, the World Health Organization has announced that the International Classification of Diseases is undergoing the 11th round of revisions. ICD-11 is scheduled to be finalized for presentation to the World Health Assembly by 2018, and is intended to be even more comprehensive than ICD-10. It’s understood than the…
Strategy is Key Becoming a Certified Professional Coder is no easy feat, and the exam administered by the American Academy of Professional Coders (AAPC) is a long, grueling assessment. Of course, the exam will present CPCs-to-be questions on CPT codes, Evaluation and Management, the bodily systems, and the application of multiple code sets – but…
Assess your knowledge of Evaluation and Management while taking our free E/M Calculator for a test drive! Review the below patient notes and plug the appropriate information into our audit tool. History of Present Illness (HPI) Patient is complaining of chest pain which he has been experiencing on and off for two days now. He…
Law firms have been known to enlist the help of a third-party when dealing with healthcare fraud cases. This is because in addition to investigating the allegations against one party, there is a myriad of additional pre-litigation considerations. In multi-faceted cases in which health plan overpayments are being pursued within the judicial system an audit…
Picture yourself balancing on top of a fence with vast expanses of land, each with their own set of governance, visible to you from both sides. You’re straddling the fence, your legs occupying each of the divided spaces. Where do you stand? It depends on which way the wind blows. Such is the case with…
Q: Just what is HITRUST anyway? A: HITRUST is a common security framework (CSF) created and governed by the HITRUST Alliance, a privately held U.S. company made up of leaders from healthcare, technology, and information security. The framework is comprised of several prescriptive security controls that can be assessed to determine the level of information…
If you read the news, you know that health care fraud is just as prevalent as ever. During any given time, you will be able to find a headline about a provider or care giver defrauding patients, insurance companies, or CMS in every state across the nation. This month we’ve seen quite a few colorful…
Advize Health kicked off the month of April by diving headfirst into Conference Season, and attending the Eastern Claims Conference in Boston, MA. The Eastern Claims Conference, recently relocated from New York to Massachusetts was an impressive assembly of insurance professionals. Catering to life, disability, medical, legal, and insurance claims; the Eastern Claims Conference has…
If healthcare was a chemical solution, and relevant technologies were solutes – the mixture would quickly become a fragmented clump of, well…various technologies. The healthcare market is over-saturated with technology designed to “fix” the present problems plaguing the ecosystem. Of course, in a paradoxical twist of fate, these solutions come with a new set of…