by Advize Admin | Jun 16, 2023 | FWA, Healthcare
For those that remember Solaraze, it is one of the name brands for Diclofenac. Diclofenac is commonly known today as Voltaren. In 2018, the OIG conducted a study that reflected that there were some strong fraud indicators on the off-label use of Diclofenac (under...
by Advize Admin | Jun 9, 2023 | Commentary, Healthcare
The past year has given me a chance to travel internationally several times – once to the Caribbean and multiple times to England and France. This travel, while validating my belief that the United States is the greatest country in the world, did provide quite a few...
by Advize Admin | Jun 2, 2023 | Healthcare
For quite some time, I have been concerned that my healthcare records, more commonly known as Personal Health Information (PHI), are following me in my increasingly mobile lifestyle and available to me on-demand and need. I write this from the perspective of a...
by Advize Admin | May 26, 2023 | Coding, FWA
Within the past few weeks, we have seen at least two of the large payors seek to institute policies that would require providers to submit their medical records when an Evaluation and Management (E&M) is appended with Modifier 25. While not having a discussion on...
by Advize Admin | May 19, 2023 | Uncategorized
A soldier participates in a military exercise at Camp Lejeune, a military base in North Carolina, in 2017. A section of the PACT Act allows veterans, their family members, and others who spent at least 30 days at Camp Lejeune between Aug. 1, 1953, and the end of 1987...
by Advize Admin | May 12, 2023 | Business, Careers
Resource allocation is always a challenge in anything in life. If you have family obligations, you understand that you can’t be in two places at the same time. So too this is the case with an SIU or the OIG/UA Attorney’s Office. There are only so many OIG agents...
by Advize Admin | May 5, 2023 | Healthcare Law
CLAYTON, Mo. — Kaitlyn Anderson was six months pregnant when a driver killed her and a Missouri Department of Transportation colleague in 2021 while they were doing roadwork near St. Louis. Her fetus also died. Although Anderson’s family tried to sue the department on...
by Advize Admin | Apr 28, 2023 | Healthcare
When Glenn Janssen decided to file a claim for disability benefits with the Veterans Affairs Department last year, he dreaded the prospect of dealing with federal bureaucracy and paperwork. Janssen, 57, lives in Portugal with his wife and has worked as a government...
by Advize Admin | Apr 21, 2023 | Advize News
What were you doing before you joined Advize? I was an Investigative Auditor for the Texas Attorney General’s Office Medicaid Fraud Control Unit. I had interned there in college and they were kind enough to hire me on after graduation. What brought you to...
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...
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