by Advize Admin | Jul 26, 2016 | FWA, Medical Record Auditing
Commercial Health Plans The act of tailoring medical record audit procedures to the needs of a particular health plan is not a novel concept. Different commercial healthcare payers maintain requirements unique to their served populations, and audits are consistently...
by Advize Admin | Jul 21, 2016 | Coding, FWA, Medical Record Auditing
A medical record audit can reveal over-payments for up-coding, incorrect numbers of units billed, and the abuse of modifiers – just to list a few. Given the popularity of such indiscretions, what is being done after the money is recovered? Do you intend on data mining...
by Advize Admin | Jul 14, 2016 | Compliance, Cybersecurity
In June Advize Health’s very own Joshua McElroy participated in a panel hosted at WellCare in Tampa, FL. Joshua was in the company of three other subject matter experts from Schellman & Company, Bright House Networks, and Kroll who all spoke on the topic of...
by Advize Admin | Jul 7, 2016 | Business, Healthcare
This article, written by an Advize Health team member and Yoga enthusiast is the second installment in a series that will help you answer the question: What Is YogAuditing? If practicing mindfulness is proven to increase your productivity, your emotional intelligence...
by Advize Admin | Jun 30, 2016 | Community
Katie Comfort Dog is one of many golden retrievers that are specifically trained to interact with people who have been exposed to a host of traumatic situations. Katie is employed through the Lutheran Church Charities K-9 Comfort Dog Ministry program, a program...
by Advize Admin | Jun 30, 2016 | Compliance, Fraud, Healthcare
A study conducted by three universities has revealed a fatal flaw in the healthcare industry’s cyber security operations – lack of cohesion between cyber security protocol and the proper execution of such procedures. Healthcare organizations are vulnerable to data...
by Advize Admin | Jun 21, 2016 | Compliance, Healthcare
Last year, Houston-based software and security company Netiq released a Cyberthreat Defense Report that published alarming statistics on the apparent vulnerabilities in Healthcare IT. Data breaches, compromised patient information, medical identity theft, and gaping...
by Advize Admin | Jun 17, 2016 | Healthcare
At the forefront of patient-centered medical technology, telemedicine has been gaining traction for quite some time, but its emergence as the future of patient care is only now crystallizing. In an industry as transformative as healthcare it is difficult to create a...
by Advize Admin | Jun 10, 2016 | Community, Healthcare
Yoga is a global experience. It crosses all walks of life, age and geographic location. This 2000 year old practice is nothing less than a global mind shift from all that is outside of yourself to cultivating a mindful presence in this moment. I still struggle with...
by Advize Admin | Jun 6, 2016 | FWA, Healthcare
On May 31, 2016 the US Attorney’s Office for the District of New Jersey published a press release regarding the latest settlement for health care fraud in the state involving Saint Michael’s Medical Center and four individual physicians who submitted false claims for...
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