Law & Malpractice

As House lawmakers take up MACRA, MGMA backs three bills to tie payments to inflation, raise budget neutrality and replace MIPS scoring.

HHS-OCR settled four ransomware cases for $1.1M all tied to missing annual risk analyses. Are your safeguards up to date?

Reps. Miller-Meeks, M.D., and Conaway Jr., M.D., introduce legislation to reform the Medicare Physician Payment System.

Auto-renewal clauses, stale fee schedules and unread terms quietly erode revenue; these eight questions surface what to fix before renewal.

A long-awaited HIPAA Security Rule update could arrive this month, and medical practices should start preparing now.

What covered entities need to know about valid authorizations, common defects and protecting patient privacy.

Before you sign on the dotted line, these nine questions can protect your income, your patients and your career.

State law is moving fast — here's what physicians need to know before signing or renegotiating a contract.

Bipartisan legislation targeting Medicare Advantage prior authorization has rare supermajority support.

From missed submission windows to overlooked bonuses, here is what MIPS participants need to review now to protect their Medicare payments.

Private equity has drawn increasing scrutiny in health care, but responsible investment paired with strong compliance infrastructure can strengthen rather than destabilize the system.

Medicare could run out of money by 2033 and physicians could end up paying the price.

What practices need to know about "vishing" — the phone-based scam putting patient data and HIPAA compliance at risk.

95% of practices say regulatory burden has grown over the past three years, according to MGMA's 2026 Regulatory Burden Report.

Vanderbilt professor and health care entrepreneur Bruce J. Lynskey breaks down what companies and investors need to know before betting on AI in medicine.

PYA's Shannon Sumner, CPA, CHC, breaks down what the federal government's escalating fraud enforcement push means for physician practices.

Due diligence exposes hidden risks, boosts valuation and speeds physician practice M&A with key financial, legal and HR checks.

Most physicians think HIPAA compliance is a one-time task. It isn't. Here are the four most common misconceptions.

Medicare audits trigger sudden 935 recoupments; learn how UPIC record demands and slow appeals can drain providers before an ALJ hearing.

Sightview's Holly Black, the 'MIPS Geek Guru,' breaks down what changed in MIPS for 2026 and what practices can do to protect Medicare revenue.

OCR’s latest HIPAA settlement spotlights risk analysis failures and how ChatGPT, AI scribes, consent laws and evidence deletion reshape compliance.

Texas 2036's Charles Miller, J.D., breaks down the consolidation, pricing failures and coverage gaps squeezing independent physicians.

Immigration attorney Katie Russell talks ICE enforcement shifts, the $100,000 H-1B fee and why your practice's I-9 binder matters more than ever.

AI adoption in physician practices is accelerating. The contracts, however, often get less scrutiny than the sales pitch.

HHS-OCR ramps up HIPAA enforcement: phishing settlement spotlights risk analyses, Security Rule gaps and urgent 2026 Part 2 NPP updates.