by Advize Admin | Dec 18, 2017 | Compliance, Fraud, FWA
Medicare fraud maintains its position among the fastest growing crimes in the United States. The government loses nearly $75 billion a year to Medicare fraud; which has led to the conception of several anti-fraud initiatives, including the OIG’s Operation Whack-A-Mole...
by Advize Admin | Dec 11, 2017 | Compliance, Healthcare
OurNotes is the name of an experimental, collaborative approach to clinical documentation that encourages providers and patients to co-produce medical notes. Researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) suggest that this kind of participation in the...
by Advize Admin | Dec 6, 2017 | Compliance, Healthcare, Payers
In an unexpected, albeit responsible move, Health and Human Services has retracted their support for a Patient Assistance Program. The Caring Voice Coalition (CVC) is a patient assistance charity that provides financial support to Medicare beneficiaries and other...
by Advize Admin | Nov 29, 2017 | Community, Fraud
As the holiday season nears its zenith it can become extremely difficult to maintain your defenses against the myriad of fraud schemes that plague our capitalistic society. Luckily, Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi has your back! In her presentation, “2017 Holiday...
by Advize Admin | Nov 28, 2017 | Compliance, Fraud, FWA
Last year we had the ONE AND ONLY cheapest.booth.ever featured at NHCAA’s Annual Training Conference. This year Advize brought guacamole and cookies to the table at the Even Cheaper Cheapest Booth Ever. Advize Health had the honor of speaking with some of NHCAA’s...
by Advize Admin | Nov 13, 2017 | Community, Events, Healthcare
This week, from November 14th to the 17th, Orlando’s Rosen Shingle Creek will be the epicenter of healthcare fraud’s biggest conference, NHCAA’s Annual Training Conference. ATC will undoubtedly unveil some incredible thought leadership and innovation...
by Advize Admin | Nov 9, 2017 | Compliance, Cybersecurity, Technology
We would like to thank HITRUST, our friends Schellman & Company, LLC, as well as today’s host, Orlando Health, for inviting us to join them in the HITRUST Community Extension Program Orlando. We’ve discussed HITRUST in previous blog posts and presentations, but we...
by Advize Admin | Oct 27, 2017 | Coding, Compliance
The keystone of Clinical Documentation Improvement is that quality documentation often results in quality continuum of care, and while this is true, many physicians report that paying too much attention to documentation actually leads to poor patient care. This poses...
by Advize Admin | Oct 23, 2017 | YouBeTheCoder
Assess your knowledge of Evaluation and Management while taking our free E/M Calculator for a test drive! Review the below patient notes and plug the appropriate information into our audit tool. History of Present Illness (HPI) A 12 year old female patient is...
by Advize Admin | Oct 18, 2017 | Coding, Medical Record Auditing, Payers
In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, we’ve decided to release a brief reminder to not only schedule a routine mammogram, but to recall the 2017 Mammogram Coding Changes. Mammography Coding The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced in...
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