FWA Briefs

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently released new guidance that may affect certain providers wanting to obtain an NPI if they don’t already have one. These guidelines are important for you and your health plan to have protection against fraud, waste, or abuse (FWA) in your claims.

A multi-million dollar scheme serves as a prime example to the benefits of Fraud, Waste, and Abuse (FWA) protection. The story of a doctor performing an alarmingly high amount of surgeries not typically conducted by their specialty is awakening to the need for robust safeguarding solutions.

Context4 Healthcare is thrilled to announce that our Medical Director Dr. Steve Nesnidal has earned certification as an Accredited Health Care Fraud Investigator (AHFI), an important healthcare anti-fraud professional designation from the National Health Care Anti-Fraud Association (NHCAA).

Context 4 Healthcare and VBA co-host webinar on Fraud, Waste and Abuse Prevention Strategies.

The recent Department of Justice (DOJ) $155 million False Claims Act settlement with eClinicalWorks highlights a problem that has existed in the EHR software industry for a long time.  Any EHR system that attests to do everything for the integrated health system can’t possibly provide the highest possible level of all aspects of functionality.  Some parts of the system will be concentrated upon while others will get just enough attention so the vendor can say they have the ...

An ongoing concern within every payer’s special investigation unit (SIU) has been how to adapt existing investigations and future analytics to ICD-10 codes. The thought of having to recreate years of investigative knowledgeware is daunting enough, but the thought of having to figure out the ICD-10 equivalents of the ICD-9 based knowledgeware make it feel akin to climbing Mount Everest. But those ICD-10 codes are hiding out and getting exploited, so something must be done. Con ...

Conference attendees will have the chance to learn about a new product this year - just recently, Context introduced a new Inpatient UCR module as part of its DecisionPoint™ Health Payment System. With the increasingly high cost of inpatient services, many valued UCR customers have been looking for a way to benchmark inpatient facility claims. As the trusted source for UCR fee data (including Medical, HCPCS, Anesthesia, Dental and Outpatient), Context has developed an independent source for inpatient charges for more than 740 Diagnosis-Related Groups (DRGs).