Ericka L. Adler, JD

Does your patient have bed bugs and if so, can you refuse to offer them treatment? Our resident health lawyer, Ericka Adler answers this question.

Physicians may want to record their patients or other parties. What should they know before they engage in such practices?

How should practices formulate employment agreements for advanced practitioners? Here are a few things to consider.

What do physician practices have to know about creating a non-compete clause for one of its physicians? Here are four guidelines.

Your practice's physicians may hate filling out those conflict of interest questionnaires, but they are important in complying with the federal Stark Law.

It's important that physician practices stay compliant with HIPAA by executing business associate agreements with various vendor partners.

Before you decide to create your killer mobile health app, this lawyer advises you look at the FTC's guidance on developing one.

While some payer-based investigations into fraud might be based on actual patterns of abuse, most are just an attempt to recoup funds.

Private payers are finding fraud and abuse as a way to recoup funds they say were wrongly paid. Here's how to respond to these requests.

If your practice hasn't already, make sure to hire an outside auditing firm to review your billing records for possible overpayments.

Here are different ways practices can avoid major billing errors that could lead to HIPAA violations and identity theft.

As a doc, if you’ve come up with a great invention, you might be contractually obligated to hand over that IP to your employer. Here’s how to avoid that.

Young doctors are eager to start their career. However, don’t just sign your offer contract without taking these pieces of advice into account.

Just because “nothing has changed,” doesn’t mean annual HR and compliance training should be avoided. Training can be easily forgotten.

There are ways for physicians to avoid filing a report to the National Practitioner Databank (NPDB) when they are being sued for malpractice.

Practices are sometimes eager to introduce new technologies to patients, but first they must look to see if it could truly benefit their population.

What is “clawback” language? It can be used by employers to make physicians recoup demands from federal and private payers.

Staff members play an important role in a physician practice, but can also hurt its reputation. Make sure intolerance is not welcome at your practice.

With many doctors interested in getting involved with some kind of telehealth model, it’s important to know the legal and reimbursement limitations.

Practices that are not ready for ICD-10 will have to deal with significant issues, so it’s time for them to seek guidance from payers and others.

Medicare has amped up its efforts to collect debts related to alleged billing/coding errors, which is hurting providers in the pocket.

Breaking down how the latest proposed rule from CMS could impact physician self-referral regulations and what it means for physicians.

Can physicians stay independent in an increasingly challenging environment? Here are a few strategies to avoid physician employment.

Whether physicians personally agree or support LGBT rights should be a non-issue when it comes to providing the best possible care for all patients.

The OIG fraud alert warns physicians to be wary of compensation arrangements that could violate the Anti-Kickback Statute.

Not everything becomes a viable threat, but you can never be too cautious in protecting yourself, your family, your practice, and your reputation.

Younger docs tend to favor a productivity model, while older physicians may prefer a set compensation model. How do you reconcile the two views?

Promoting commercial products, like television's Dr. Oz, can present a conflict of interest for physicians.

The activities of a few bad physicians in the healthcare industry will continue to make the business of healthcare an overly regulated one.

Preparing for the worst possible scenarios by maintaining legal documentation is the only way a medical group can be prepared to protect itself.