Come Fly With Me: National Harbor

Come Fly With Me: National Harbor

My Thursday started in Philly then Maryland, DC, Atlanta for a quick layover and then ended in Orlando.  What a day! The highlight of that 5 city day was going back to Maryland again this week but only this time, the area was Fort Washington and some of the...
OIG Files: A Little Silver Lining

OIG Files: A Little Silver Lining

A phrase that does not often come up is “medical loss ratio,” or MLR.  As an OIG Agent, I spent very little time looking at the OIG Workplan (I’ve blogged and spoken about how OIG Agents follow the current frauds, and how the plan is very much used to direct the work...
PIT: More than Primanti Bros.

PIT: More than Primanti Bros.

This past week I had the opportunity to visit, albeit briefly, Pittsburgh.  To be fair, I pop in and out of this fantastic city several times a year for client meetings and I never feel like I’ve had enough time to take in the sights and sounds.  My first trip years...
Come Fly With Me: Our Birthplace, Arrgh!

Come Fly With Me: Our Birthplace, Arrgh!

Ahoy Tampa, Land HO!  Said in the Jim Morrison scream.  Did you know that Pirates say Land Ho to express surprise or joy, to attract attention to something sighted, or to urge onward?  Well I learned that and viewed an entire list of terms on piratesonline.fandom.com...
Come Fly with OIG

Come Fly with OIG

The National Association for Medicaid Program Integrity (NAMPI) Annual Conference brought us to Baltimore, MD just a few weeks after returning from Woodlawn, a neighboring area. It felt like the who’s who of the HHS-OIG greats and I felt lucky enough to spend a...
Dollar For in the News

Dollar For in the News

This week Consumer Reports posted “How to Save Money Now” which shared  tactics that can help all of us spend less on everything. Inflation has been rising faster now than it has in 40 years and this has caused many of us to work hard to lower our monthly bills from...
New Yorkers Visit Woodlawn

New Yorkers Visit Woodlawn

Wood and Lawn are not necessarily associated with concrete and traffic.  My friends who live and work in the city love to get out to the country every once in a while but the country is usually the Poconos or upstate New York, not Woodlawn, MD.  So what are...