Medicaid Fraud Enforcement Has Entered a New Phase — and Providers Should Not Assume This Is Political Theater
Large-scale Medicaid fraud discussions followed a familiar pattern in American healthcare for a long time. There would be a headline,…
The Loneliness Variable in Clinical Care: Why Social Connection Is Becoming a Healthcare Risk Indicator
For decades, healthcare systems have treated loneliness as a soft variable — emotionally important, clinically secondary, and operationally difficult to…
Ghost Networks Were Once an Embarrassment. Now They’re Becoming a Liability.
By Elena Pak, Credentiaing Department, WCH For years, provider directories occupied a strange place in healthcare administration: everyone knew they…
The Telehealth Patchwork Enters a Higher-Compliance Era: What the Latest Wave of State Policy Changes Signals for Providers
By Elena Pak, Credentialing Department, WCH The operational baseline for telehealth was defined by temporary waivers, emergency declarations, and a…
CMS Has Hit “Pause” on New Hospice and Home Health Enrollment — What Dr. Oz’s Public Messaging Really Signals for Providers
When CMS Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz recently communicated — including through widely circulated public-facing and social media statements — that…
OIG Sounds the Alarm — and RAC Auditors Follow: What Every Vascular Physician Needs to Know Right Now
Federal enforcement is now targeting peripheral vascular procedures, selective catheter placement, angiograms, and vascular embolizations simultaneously. Here is what changed,…
Malpractice Risk Is Declining — But Don’t Let That Number Fool You
By Elena Pak, Credentialing Department, WCH The headline from the American Medical Association’s latest research report sounds reassuring: the share…
Five Dreamy Summer 2026 Getaways
For New York’s doctors, clinicians, and healthcare professionals By Elena Pak, Credentialing Department, WCH Summer 2026 feels like an invitation…
The Medicare Advantage Improvement Act of 2026: What Providers Need to Know — and Do Now
By Elena Pak, Credentialing Department, WCH A bipartisan group of lawmakers has introduced the Medicare Advantage Improvement Act of 2026…
When Your Doctor Travels, Does Your Billing Compliance Stay Behind?
By Olga Khabinskay, Director of Operations, WCH Service Bureau This article is an expanded version of a piece originally published…