The issue of fraud, waste and abuse in healthcare spending is a major challenge for both payers and providers with some estimates that it accounts for as much as 10 percent of overall healthcare ...

A corporate integrity agreement (CIA) is frequently a part of civil settlements between the Office of the Inspector General of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Resources (OIG) and a health care ...

Since 1992, the 340B drug discount program has entitled certain federal grantee clinics and hospitals (called “covered entities”) to purchase outpatient drugs at substantial discounts. The discounted ...

Ensuring the integrity of the organization’s databases is a key component of the DBA’s job. A database is of little use if the data it contains is inaccurate or if it cannot be accessed due to ...