Healthcare providers have a lot on their minds. Between daily rounds, patient care, and an ongoing global pandemic – it’s not easy to stay on top of administrative tasks like documentation and medical record maintenance. Even so, medical record review is a critical function of the healthcare ecosystem. The reality is that there are a lot…
The Fraud Spotlight series is a long-form examination of current fraud trends and investigative strategies from our team of retired OIG agents and expert fraud investigators. Stay tuned for weekly insights, updates, and information on healthcare’s most expensive crimes. For the past few weeks, we have been standing on the soapbox and waving the flag…
The Fraud Spotlight series is a long-form examination of current fraud trends and investigative strategies from our team of retired OIG agents and expert fraud investigators. Stay tuned for weekly insights, updates, and information on healthcare’s most expensive crimes. When determining if a practice should spend the time, effort, and expenses that are associated with…
Retired OIG Special Agent and Advize’s Director of Litigation & FWA Support will be stepping in each week to examine current fraud trends from the lens of an investigator. Stay tuned for weekly insights, updates, and information on healthcare’s most expensive crimes. Corporate compliance has been, and will, always be the cornerstone by which a…
Retired OIG Special Agent and Advize’s Director of Litigation & FWA Support will be stepping in each week to examine current fraud trends from the lens of an investigator. Stay tuned for weekly insights, updates, and information on healthcare’s most expensive crimes. Every compliance professional hopes that their employer buys into the suggestions, recommendations and…
Retired OIG Special Agent and Advize’s Director of Litigation & FWA Support will be stepping in each week to examine current fraud trends from the lens of an investigator. Stay tuned for weekly insights, updates, and information on healthcare’s most expensive crimes. This past week, I had the pleasure of presenting a webinar to approximately…
Eric Rubenstein, Director of Litigation & FWA at Advize Health will be speaking at the AAPC’s New York City Regional Conference. His session, GS2:Anatomy of a Healthcare Fraud Investigation: Implications and Stop-Gap Measures for Compliance Professionals will provide attendees with information on the variety of ways in which an OIG healthcare fraud investigation is initiated….
The Texas Medical Center surveyed 5,000 people across the United States and found that the #1 reason for poll participation in the upcoming midterm elections will be, you guessed it, healthcare. While this interest in healthcare is certainly encouraging, there’s more to the healthcare picture than just cost to patients. In the spirit of Halloween…
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 engineering, one that exploits cybersecurity weaknesses held across most industries, including healthcare. Phishing attempts are typically…
Advize is here to advise you! Join us for an exclusive webinar on the 2018 OIG Work Plan. Free to the first 500 participants, this webinar will be available on AdvizeU after the live broadcast for those who miss the cut off. This session will provide an overview of the 2018 OIG Work Plan responsibilities,…