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More Compliance Officers (CO) are engaging in Virtual Compliance Assistance (VCA) as an affordable option to quickly adapt to the industry’s shifting regulatory environment. 

Exploring the advantages of a Virtual Compliance Assistance Partner

Maximize your ability to thrive as a professional.

5 ways to keep your credit healthy throughout COVID19

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Audits cost providers as much as $1 million annually and damage relationships, but there is an upside a new study says. 

Effects of DRG audits on provider sentiment and abrasion

Payer claim auditing specialist Angela Miller shares what practices need to know to understand and prepare for payer audits. 

How to prepare and manage payer audits

Performing random audits at your practice is a thing of the past. Here's how to use predictive analytics to get the most out of audits. 

Building Your Practice's Risk-based Audit Plan

Ericka L. Adler, JD, LLM has practiced in the area of regulatory and transactional healthcare law for more than 20 years. She represents physicians and other healthcare providers across the country in their day-to-day legal needs, including contract negotiations, sale transactions, and complex joint ventures. She also works with providers on a wide variety of compliance issues such as Stark Law, Anti-Kickback Statute, and HIPAA. Ericka has been writing for Physicians Practice since 2011.

Regardless of who the payer is or the stated purpose, every potential audit inquiry should be taken seriously by your practice. 

How to Handle an Audit from Medicare or Other Payers

An overview of the four federal healthcare fraud statutes and what your practice can do to avoid violating any of them.

Healthcare Fraud 101: An Overview of the Key Statutes

It's never been more important to make sure your medical record documentation is complete, accurate, and complies with federal guidelines. 

Five Documentation Tips that Reduce Audit Risk

OSHA recently introduced harsher penalties to employers who are violating workplace safety guidelines. Here's what you have to know. 

Safety at the Practice Takes on a New Meaning

Here are some of the vital basics doctors and their advisors need to know about captive and life insurance sales plans.  