by Advize Admin | Aug 27, 2021 | Commentary
Thank you Scott Rosenbaum, Wine & Spirit Business Advisor, who is one of our most well read and insightful/thought provoking collaborator shared this New York Times article with us: Hospitals and Insurers Didn’t Want You to See These Prices. Here’s why. Scott...
by Advize Admin | Aug 27, 2021 | Medical Record Auditing
A little background, one of areas where Advize provides consulting services is in the medical record review space. We have been providing this service to clients for over 20 years, both proactively, and reactively. Our CEO, Jeanmarie Loria, was actually a...
by Advize Admin | Aug 20, 2021 | Retro Fraud Podcast
In this episode of Retro Fraud, Eric brings Matt Lawhon back for another great discussion. Since Matt has a unique background as both a healthcare fraud investigator, and now as a healthcare lawyer, Eric brought Matt back for some continued discussions on fraud,...
by Advize Admin | Aug 20, 2021 | FWA, Healthcare
When the coronavirus hit Martha Leland’s Connecticut nursing home last year, she and dozens of other residents contracted the disease while the facility was on lockdown. Twenty-eight residents died, including her roommate. “The impact of not having friends and family...
by Advize Admin | Aug 20, 2021 | Uncategorized
The Biden administration announced plans Wednesday to offer boosters to all U.S. adults as soon as next month, saying that recent data, including some made available only in the past few days, played a role in that decision. “If you wait for something bad to happen...
by Advize Admin | Aug 13, 2021 | Retro Fraud Podcast
In episode 3 of the Retro Fraud Podcast, Eric engages in a really interesting case discussion with Matt Lawhon. Matt, who is currently a healthcare attorney in the Dallas area (M B Lawhon Law Firm, PLLC), spent a number of years both as an investigator for a Medicare...
by Advize Admin | Aug 13, 2021 | FWA, Healthcare
Cristina Martinez’s spinal operation in Houston was expected to be routine. But after destabilizing her spine, the surgeon discovered the implant he was ready to put in her back was larger than he wanted to use — and the device company’s sales rep didn’t have a...
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...
by Advize Admin | Aug 13, 2021 | Healthcare
To several U.S. senators, it looked wasteful, even outrageous. Every year, taxpayers pay for at least $750 million worth of expensive pharmaceuticals that are simply thrown away. Companies ship many of the drugs in “Costco”-size vials, one lawmaker said, that once...
by Advize Admin | Aug 6, 2021 | Retro Fraud Podcast
As we hit the ground running on our second episode of Retro Fraud, Eric interviews Wade McFaul, a retired HHS-OIG Supervisory Special Agent, who worked out of the Los Angeles Field Office. Wade now works with Advize as the Director of Special Projects and...
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