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Come Fly with Me: Del Boca Vista: Yada Yada Yada
Del Boca Vista is a fictional condominium complex in Florida, however, I grew up watching Seinfeld knowing I needed to go to Boca Raton to look...
MA and Risk-Scoring, We Can Do Better (and Advize does)
When you first open this article, the most glaring of things is the time frame from which the audit was derived. 2011-2013 data is at this point...
Audits — Hidden Until Now — Reveal Millions in Medicare Advantage Overcharges
Newly released federal audits reveal widespread overcharges and other errors in payments to Medicare Advantage health plans for seniors, with some...
You Flew to Me: NHCAA 2022
Thank you all my friends for Flying To Me this week. Here are a few pictures of our diner booth and fun times we had this week at NHCAA's Annual...
How Banks and Private Equity Cash In When Patients Can’t Pay Their Medical Bills
Patients who seek treatment at the Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte, North Carolina, might be offered a payment plan from...
Supreme Court to Hear Nursing Home Case That Could Affect Millions
When Susie Talevski sued the agency that managed her elderly father’s care before he died, she hoped to get justice for her family. She did not...
Defense Department Health Plan Cuts Its Pharmacy Network by Nearly 15,000 Outlets
Doris Spatz takes a once-a-day pill, Kisqali, to keep her metastatic breast cancer in check. As a patient in the Defense Department health system,...
Come Fly To Me
To not with? Yes, come fly to me. Next week is NHCAA and it is in Orlando! We have a new OIG Roundtable podcast (formerly the Retro Fraud) on...
Haven’t Seen Your Doctor in a Few Years? You May Need to Find a New One
When Claudia Siegel got a stomach bug earlier this year, she reached out to her primary care doctor to prescribe something to relieve her...
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