by Advize Admin | Feb 25, 2022 | Healthcare Facepalm
When Greg and Sugar Bull were ready to start a family, health challenges necessitated that they work with a gestational surrogate. The woman who carried and gave birth to their twins lived two states away. The pregnancy went well until the surrogate experienced high...
by Advize Admin | Feb 25, 2022 | Healthcare
The Comprehensive Error Rate Testing (CERT) program is a CMS initiative that seeks to identify national error rates in a variety of areas. Temporarily suspended due to COVID-19, the CERT program came back into action in August 2020. The program, in a...
by Advize Admin | Feb 23, 2022 | Commentary
Do you mismanage – or maybe Miss Manage your time? Don’t worry, it will all make sense. Of course, we are all familiar with the common tips and tricks that boost productivity but what if prioritizing wisely or creating the daily schedule is not actually the right way?...
by Advize Admin | Feb 18, 2022 | OIG Files
In some of my recent posts, I have mentioned the term “carouselling,” as it pertains to the recycling of diabetic testing supplies. I have had several people inquire about this term and how the scheme works. Carouselling Is the purchasing and reselling of...
by Advize Admin | Feb 18, 2022 | Healthcare
Aneka French applied for Medicaid in October, not long after Missouri became the 38th state to expand eligibility for the program. But her application sat for months in a backlog with tens of thousands of others. While she waited, French, 45, an uninsured medical...
by Advize Admin | Feb 18, 2022 | Healthcare
Late one night in January, Jonathan Coffino, 78, turned to his wife as they sat in bed. “I don’t know how much longer I can do this,” he said, glumly. Coffino was referring to the caution that’s come to define his life during the covid-19 pandemic. After two years of...
by Advize Admin | Feb 18, 2022 | Healthcare
For some counties and cities that share a public health agency with other local governments, differences over mask mandates, business restrictions, and other covid preventive measures have strained those partnerships. At least two have been pushed past the breaking...
by Advize Admin | Feb 11, 2022 | FWA, OIG Files
I spent about 25 years in federal law enforcement, and most of that time was as a Senior Special Agent at HHS-OIG. I loved working there, and I loved doing healthcare fraud investigations. When I was exploring retirement, and what I was interested in doing...
by Advize Admin | Feb 11, 2022 | Advize News
Got a chance to hassle one of Advize’s newest team members, Mr. Joseph Croce. Here’s how the interrogation went… What were you doing before you joined Advize? I was a health care fraud investigator for UnitedHealthcare. How did you and Advize...
by Advize Admin | Feb 11, 2022 | FWA
A Texas consulting company that arranges spine surgery and other medical care for people injured in car crashes has come under scrutiny in a widening federal bribery investigation. Meg Health Care, run by Dallas personal injury attorney Manuel Green and his wife,...
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