The 11th Circuit’s long-awaited AseraCare opinion requires more than mere disagreement regarding clinical judgment to prove falsity under the False Claims Act. The 11th Circuit rejected the government’s theory of falsity in its long-running False Claims Act (FCA) case against long-term care provider AseraCare Inc. The 11th Circuit affirmed the lower court’s ruling that mere clinical disagreement was… Read More »
The following members recently joined. We welcome you to the Chapter and encourage you to take advantage of the many professional development, networking and information resources available to you at HFMA. Other HFMA members are a terrific resource for your everyday professional challenges – we encourage all members, current and new, to get involved with HFMA committees and… Read More »
The chapter would like to congratulate Alex Yerukhimov on completing the CHFP certification process. We recently checked in with Alex to hear about his certification experience. HFMA: Tell us a little bit about your background – did you come to health care finance from the health care side or the finance side? What has your career trajectory been?… Read More »
Who Wants to be a Millionaire? It’s not just a question for game show hosts anymore— the IRS wants to know too. As of January 1, 2018, a new provision in the Internal Revenue Code subjects non-profits, including hospitals, to a 21% excise tax on remuneration exceeding $1 million and excess parachute payments. Here’s what you need to… Read More »
A quick quiz on enterprise membership: Enterprise membership involves: A ticket to fly to outerspace with the StarTrek crew An online shopping tool A better way to get great HFMA benefits for your entire organization! If you picked C, you are correct! Enterprise membership is an option newly created by HFMA for organizations that have many potential employees… Read More »
The following members recently joined. We welcome you to the Chapter and encourage you to take advantage of the many professional development, networking and information resources available to you at HFMA. Other HFMA members are a terrific resource for your everyday professional challenges – we encourage all members, current and new, to get involved with HFMA committees and… Read More »
What a difference a year makes! Instead of last year’s fog, this year’s Annual HFMA golf tournament featured a sunshine-filled day and some great golfing. 100+ golfers teed off at Granite Links Golf Course in Quincy on August 12, representing over 40 companies. The views were fabulous, and many golfers posted their favorite photos on our twitter feed… Read More »
Recently, the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) issued its 2019 “Solutions to Reduce Fraud, Waste, and Abuse in HHS Programs: Top Unimplemented Recommendations.” The OIG releases a version of this report each year outlining its top 25 unimplemented recommendations to reduce fraud, waste, and abuse (“FWA”) among HHS programs. This blog post… Read More »
This blog post is the final in a series of posts on the Yerger Awards that the Chapter won this year. If you are saying to yourself “what in the heck is a Yerger?” I urge you to go back to prior posts that run through what a Yerger Award is and what is involved in winning one… Read More »
The following members recently joined. We welcome you to the Chapter and encourage you to take advantage of the many professional development, networking and information resources available to you at HFMA. Other HFMA members are a terrific resource for your everyday professional challenges – we encourage all members, current and new, to get involved with HFMA committees and… Read More »
