Christin Thompson

Christin Thompson is an Associate at Liles Parker. She focuses on healthcare compliance and reimbursement issues. Christin represents clients nationwide and practices out of the California office. She has experience in assessing client records for documentation compliance in private payor and CMS audit preparation as well as identifying and improving documentation deficiencies. Christin is also a medical coder certified in inpatient, outpatient, and risk adjustment claims.

AI in Medical Billing: A Benefit or a Compliance Risk?

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Author: Christin Thompson, Annabella Denzel (October 10, 2023): In terms of revenues and expenses, health care providers and suppliers have repeatedly faced two unfortunate realities: (1) Reimbursement rates are shrinking, and (2) they are constantly being saddled with additional unfunded mandates (for example, HIPAA compliance, OSHA requirements, compliance obligations, etc. Coupled with ordinary practice expenses, …

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Medicare Exclusion Risks: Employing Excluded Individuals Can Result in Significant Administrative, Civil and / or Criminal Liabilities

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(May 8, 2023): One of the most severe administrative sanctions available under the Social Security Act stems from the authority of the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)[1] to “exclude” individuals and entities from participating in Federal health care programs.[2] While the Centers for Medicare and …

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