| OIG Work Plan: Focused Targets from 2023, Heading into 2024
Presenter: Sonal Patel, BA, CPC, CPMA, CMC, ICDCM, CEO & Principal Strategist – SP Collaborative, LLC
Time: 55.07 minutes
Description: The Office of Inspector General (OIG) evaluates risks they have identified in HHS programs and operations and sets audits and evaluations based on priority and resources available. Sonal Patel examines the OIG Work Plan, including compliance elements and items of focus, to help you identify items relevant to your own practice.
Objectives:
- Review the purpose and history of the OIG Work Plan.
- Understand compliance program elements.
- Examine Work Plan items for fiscal year 2023.
- Determine possible effects the pandemic had on your practice.
- Recognize and address applicable Work Plan items in your practice.
Key Topics:
- OIG Work Plan – History
- Compliance Program Elements – Auditing and Monitoring
- Do any of these Work Plan items apply to you?
- What are you doing about it?
- The pandemic and its possible effect on you
- The “Why” for applicable Work Plan items addressing coding and billing
- Final Thoughts
Speaker Sonal Patel, BA, CPC, CPMA, CMC, ICDCM, CEO & Principal Strategist – SP Collaborative, LLC
Sonal has served as a multi-specialty healthcare coding, auditing, and compliance professional in the industry for over 14 years. She began her second career as a medical biller and continued to advance into a renowned cancer hospital's patient business services' department armed with her CMC®, CPC®, and CPMA® credentials. She has had the honor of directly working with and supporting healthcare attorneys in defense of their clients' myriad of reimbursement issues for almost six years.
Sonal has utilized her creative strengths while working in the business side of healthcare. She serves as the creator and host of her Paint the Medical Picture Podcast series, which is currently in its third year. She has provided rich, thought-leadership content on LinkedIn since 2012. Sonal is also a published author in numerous industry publications, including the Health Care Compliance Association's (HCCA®) 2021 edition of the Complete Healthcare Compliance Manual. She finds herself often collaborating with her colleagues and trusted resources on podcasts, white papers, and so much more. Sonal provides young coders, newly certified coders, or those thinking of entering the niche world of medical coding with advice and encouragement.
Sonal proudly holds certifications as a Certified Professional Coder (CPC®) and Certified Professional Medical Auditor (CPMA®) from the AAPC®, the world's largest credentialing body for the business of medicine. She is also proudly certified from the Practice Management Institute® (PMI®) as a Certified Medical Coder (CMC®). She is highly proficient in ICD-10-CM and stands ready to master ICD-11-CM when it becomes a reality in the United States. Sonal is an active member with the AAPC®, the American Medical Billing Association (AMBA®), HCCA®, the National Alliance of Medical Auditing Specialists (NAMAS®), and PMI®.
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