Monitoring Services
Each year the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) releases a list of "hot topics" on which it plans to focus resources to investigate and remedy potential healthcare industry weaknesses.
BlickenWolf routinely monitors OIG activities, evaluates the impact that targeting areas will have on healthcare organizations, and assists clients in developing systems, policies, and procedures that will help comply with applicable statutes, rules and regulations.
Monitoring is an essential requirement of a compliance program because it is impossible for an organization to assert that it has a program unless specific ongoing monitoring is conducted periodically.
The proposed changes to the Federal Sentencing Guidelines will require that monitoring activities have an element of independence. BlickenWolf has worked with many clients to assist them with their monitoring activities. Monitoring activities include specific measurement of day to-day business activities that directly affect an organization’s actual compliance with rules and regulations. Our services have included evaluating various types of medical record documentation, hospital and professional services coding & billing, contracting activities, and other revenue cycle processes. Our comprehensive services include more than just document analysis; they take into account the people, systems, and processes involved in those activities. We have worked as an adjunct to our client’s compliance and internal audit teams or as an independent outside party. Our methodologies are flexible based on our client’s needs.
Trends we consider priorities for the healthcare, pharmaceutical, and medical device industries because of immediate risk issues are posted on this website. We encourage visitors to contact BlickenWolf for more in-depth understanding of any of these issues.
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