Compliance

FDNY loses hard drive with PHI of more than 10,000 patients August 16, 2019 Medicare Web The New York City Fire Department (FDNY), which operates ambulances, disclosed in August that 10,253 patients treated or transported by the FDNY from 2011 to 2018 may have had their protected health information (PHI) compromised after an external hard…

Department of Justice U.S. Attorney’s Office District of Maryland FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, June 20, 2019 Hart to Heart Ambulance Services to Pay $1.25 Million to Settle Federal False Claims Act Allegations Baltimore, Maryland – After a multiple-year investigation and the government’s intervention in a whistleblower lawsuit, Hart to Heart Ambulance Services, d/b/a/ Hart to…

Part B Insider (Multispecialty) Coding Alert Physician Note: Safe Harbors’ Proposed Rule Slated for Possible July Release – Published on Mon, Jun 24, 2019 The feds are set to release the long-promised revisions to safe harbors under the Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS) and the Civil Monetary Penalty Law (CMPL). Timeline: The updates, which were mandated by…

Compliance: Calculate Your Audit Odds with Expert Advice After reading an article with the above caption, the Health Claims Plus compliance team felt the need to forward some of the details. Here’s items of importance: With audits on the rise, CMS remains laser focused on fraud and abuse. There are ways you can find out…