by Advize Admin | Oct 11, 2021 | Commentary
….and all the sinners saints. Yup, I love that Stones song too. Arguably one of the best rock bands ever, The Rolling Stones came from London which is where the doctor on my mind practiced his career in oncology at The Royal Marsden and then St...
by Advize Admin | Oct 8, 2021 | Advize News
What’s going on with Jared and Dollar For? Advize’s own Eric Rubenstein (Retro Fraud, Coffee Compliance & Chuckleheads) catches up with Jared Walker of Dollar For, the non-profit on a mission to crush medical bills for those in need. Related links:...
by Advize Admin | Oct 8, 2021 | Commentary
Swoosh! – 18 former NBA players allegedly engaged in a scheme to defraud the NBA Players’ Health and Welfare Benefit Plan – sending it home for $4M. How did they do it? Glad you asked. Well, the way everyone does it (well almost everyone), is by...
by Advize Admin | Oct 8, 2021 | Healthcare
Anthem Blue Cross, the country’s second-biggest health insurance company, is behind on billions of dollars in payments owed to hospitals and doctors because of onerous new reimbursement rules, computer problems and mishandled claims, say hospital officials in multiple...
by Advize Admin | Oct 1, 2021 | Commentary
Close to 500,000 people are dead because of opioid overdoses in the USA from 1999 to 2019, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Last week, we likened an overprescribing doctor to Elizabeth Holmes. This week, we are excited to see a...
by Advize Admin | Oct 1, 2021 | Commentary
We are obsessed with the cost of healthcare and the many disparities between the same service costing different amounts. The wannabe economics major that I am makes me think about a couple of interesting concepts that seem to be very weird when it comes to...
by Advize Admin | Oct 1, 2021 | Healthcare Facepalm
When covid-19 struck last year, Travis Warner’s company became busier than ever. He installs internet and video systems, and with people suddenly working from home, service calls surged. He and his employees took precautions like wearing masks and physically...
by Advize Admin | Sep 24, 2021 | FWA
When I was first hired as an OIG Agent, I was told by numerous people that fraud in the Medicare Advantage (MA) world was difficult to commit, and ever more difficult to prove. To put it into context, it was the mid-1990s, and MA plans were not where they are...
by Advize Admin | Sep 24, 2021 | Commentary, FWA
What is most important: identify, eliminate, recover or (PLOT TWIST) prevent? Coming off of a strong week of meetings with my clients and listening to their real pain points coupled with listening to hours of the podcast Do You Know This Man, and incessant Elizabeth...
by Advize Admin | Sep 24, 2021 | Commentary
“Justice delayed is justice denied” by William Gladstone is a quote that comes to mind when I think about fraudulent providers and Elizabeth Holmes. I am obsessed with the podcast The Drop Out, featuring the trial of Elizabeth Holmes, and this week’s episode was...
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