Medicaid Managed Care Audits Pay Off…In the Long Run

Posted by IntegrityM | | Audit, Medicare,
In May 2014, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report calling for increased oversight of Medicaid managed care spending (the report can be found here). GAO reported that “Most state and federal program integrity officials we interviewed told us that they di...
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Improving Healthcare Error Reporting In Healthcare Audits

Posted by IntegrityM | | Audit, Medicare,
The purpose of this paper is to offer a technique to more clearly and fully describe healthcare errors detected in audits, which can lead to improved return on investment (ROI) for healthcare audits. A clear and complete description of all identified errors in a healthcare au...
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Evaluations Have Standards Too: An Introduction to Government Evaluation Standards

Posted by IntegrityM | | Audit, Coding Review, Compliance Management, Investigations,
A few years ago, one of our team members served as the masters of ceremonies at a training program for individuals interested in government evaluation. He periodically mentioned the Blue Book in the transitions between the various presenters. Later, during a break, numerous pe...
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Why Does Medicare Allow Hospitals to Bill for Kwashiorkor?

Posted by IntegrityM | | Medicare,
On March 6, 2015, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) released the latest in a series of reports looking at hospitals’ billing and Medicare paying for Kwashiorkor. For those new to Kwashiorkor, Kwashiorkor is a form of severe protein malnutrition tha...
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