by Advize Admin | Apr 7, 2023 | Healthcare
When Brittany Tesso’s then-3-year-old son, Roman, needed an evaluation for speech therapy in 2021, his pediatrician referred him to Children’s Hospital Colorado in Aurora. With in-person visits on hold due to the covid-19 pandemic, the Tessos met with a panel of...
by Advize Admin | Sep 3, 2021 | Healthcare
If you live in one state, does it matter that the doctor treating you online is in another? Surprisingly, the answer is yes, and the ability to conduct certain virtual appointments may be nearing an end. Televisits for medical care took off during the worst days of...
by Advize Admin | Jun 8, 2021 | Healthcare
When the pandemic sidelined in-office visits at his practice, Dr. Dael Waxman “wasn’t exactly thrilled with being at home.” But he quickly shifted gears to video and telephone appointments. Now, he finds, there are good reasons to keep these options open even as...
by Advize Admin | May 8, 2020 | Fraud, FWA, Healthcare
Retired OIG Special Agent and Advize’s Director of Litigation & FWA Support will be stepping in each week to examine current fraud trends from the lens of an investigator. Stay tuned for weekly insights, updates, and information on healthcare’s most expensive...
by Advize Admin | Jul 17, 2019 | Fraud, FWA, Healthcare
Retired OIG Special Agent and Advize’s Director of Litigation & FWA Support will be stepping in each week to examine current fraud trends from the lens of an investigator. Stay tuned for weekly insights, updates, and information on healthcare’s most expensive...
by Chia Gemmato | Oct 9, 2024
Spooky 2024 Employment Trends As Halloween approaches, the healthcare industry is witnessing some truly scary times, especially for investigators and auditors within health plans. Since COVID slowed down, constant layoffs (RIFs) and reductions in force have plagued...
by Advize Admin | Aug 2, 2023 | Advize News
Scottsdale was hot AF (Hot As Fraud) – temperatures were way over 105, and hot Medicaid Fraud topics were discussed. The National Association for Medicaid Program Integrity (NAMPI) has an annual training conference. This conference brings together the public and...
by Advize Admin | Dec 10, 2021 | Healthcare
Maybe this has happened to you recently: Your doctor telephoned to check in with you, chatting for 11 to 20 minutes, perhaps answering a question you contacted her office with, or asking how you’re responding to a medication change. For that, your doctor got paid...
by Advize Admin | Oct 15, 2021 | Healthcare
At the height of the covid-19 pandemic, people often relied on telemedicine for doctor visits. Now, insurers are betting that some patients liked it enough to embrace new types of health coverage that encourages video visits — or outright insists on them. Priority...
by Advize Admin | Aug 13, 2021 | Compliance, FWA
The clock was about to strike midnight, and Scott Newman was desperately feeding pages into a scanner, trying to prevent thousands of dollars in prescription payments from turning into a pumpkin. As the owner of Newman Family Pharmacy, an independent drugstore in...
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