by Advize Admin | May 29, 2018 | Compliance, Cybersecurity
We’ve updated our privacy policy. Does this sentence look familiar? If you’re an active user of the Internet, then it should. Inboxes around the globe are being inundated with updated privacy policies, a verbose consequence of the European Union’s new set of privacy...
by Advize Admin | Apr 30, 2018 | Healthcare, Payers
The United States healthcare system is responsible for several crowning achievements, modern innovations, and…failures. Among those failures is the creation of helicopter patient care. You’ve heard about helicopter parenting, the overbearing, over-anxious,...
by Advize Admin | Apr 26, 2018 | Fraud, Medical Record Auditing
A 2017 audit fronted by Massachusetts State Senator Suzanne M. Bump revealed over $190 billion dollars in improper or ambiguous payments within MassHealth’s Behavioral Health program. The audit uncovered years of questionable billing practices, lack of administrative...
by Advize Admin | Apr 19, 2018 | Coding, Community, Medical Record Auditing
Continuing Education Units (CEU) for healthcare professionals who are credentialed by the AAPC are worth their weight in gold. CEUs are a necessary tool for all medical coders and auditors as they are not only required for certification maintenance, but because they...
by Advize Admin | Mar 30, 2018 | Coding, Payers
Earlier this week, Advize Health partnered with Grassi Healthcare Advisors to host a webinar on transgender healthcare. This webinar sought out to educate the healthcare community not only on coding for transgender patients, but on every aspect of care for this...
by Advize Admin | Mar 22, 2018 | Compliance, Payers
If you’re covered by Medicare, or if your patients are covered by it – you’re about to start feeling more of the effects of The Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA) of 2015. Most organizations have been preparing for MACRA’s ripple effects for years,...
by Advize Admin | Mar 12, 2018 | Cybersecurity, Events, Technology
HIMSS 2018 returned to the bustling city of Las Vegas for the first time since 2016 determined to keep their promise of being “where the world connects for health”. Drawing in guests from around the world, HIMSS is the premiere conference for those working in the...
by Advize Admin | Mar 6, 2018 | Compliance, Cybersecurity
Phishing is a common fraudulent practice that involves, “sending emails purporting to be from reputable companies in order to induce individuals to reveal personal information, such as passwords and credit card numbers”. Phishing is an example of deceptive social...
by Advize Admin | Feb 28, 2018 | Healthcare
A recent anti-Rick Scott television ad has been causing controversy and sparking some intense conversation in the wake of the Parkland, FL tragedy. The advertisement, which recently went into circulation discusses Parkland, the Orlando nightclub shooting, and the Ft....
by Advize Admin | Feb 20, 2018 | Community
This week we celebrate #LoveYourPetDay, but last week Advize celebrated the pets who don’t have homes to call their own. Earlier this month we hosted our Happy Hour Giving, involved crafting Valentine’s Day cards for under-served seniors, and a food drive for homeless...
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