In September of 2015, the Yates Memo was signed stating that individuals will now be investigated and held liable for corporate wrong doings. This means that if a corporatation is going down for medical billing or coding fraud, the individuals and the corporate entity will now be investigated. Medical biller and codes beware. Maintain your ethics and compliance standards! No longer will just the large corporate go down, the law states that under certain circumstance (regardless of ability to pay) the individuals involved within the corporation will also be investigated and held liable. When in the past medical billing managers and coders could hide behind the corporation, now they will be in the spot light for fraud and abuse. This is a a positive step in maintaining the ethics and integrity of the medical billing and coding profession.