Here’s how to make sure your practice is in compliance with Stark regulation clarifications taking effect January 1st, 2022.

Review your practice’s compensation methodology before the end of the year

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, JD, has practiced law exclusively in the areas of asset protection, risk management and wealth preservation for the last 16 years. He helps protect a national client base with more than $5 billion in personal assets, including several thousand physicians. He is a contributing author to multiple books for physicians and a frequent medical conference speaker and CME presenter. 

Videos

Two experts sit down and talk about asset protection.

Ike Devji, JD and Anthony Williams, Part 1

Articles

What doctors must understand about their insurance and why not all polices are equal.

Medical Malpractice and Asset Protection, Part 8: Med Mal Insurance

How to talk with patients about vaccine concerns.

COVID-19 Vaccines: Effective patient communication strategies

By making strategic yet affordable investments and undertaking specific basic measures, smaller practices can make great strides to strengthen their defenses.

How ambulatory care practices can reduce cybersecurity risk

, JD, MBA, advises clients on compliance and transactions in healthcare, cybersecurity, corporate and securities law, while representing plaintiffs in False Claims Act and Dodd-Frank whistleblower cases. She also teaches bioethics at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston. Rachel can be reached through her website, 

With the impending reporting period upon providers, this article highlights the current status of Reporting Period 1 and relays some recent enforcement actions.

Provider Relief Fund recipient reporting obligations and government enforcement actions

In part seven of our look at medical malpractice risk we examine specific liability issues from recent media reports and about physicians and healthcare. 

Medical Malpractice and Asset Protection, Part 7: Real Risks in Today’s Headlines 

There are plenty of benefits to remote or hybrid teams, but there are also communication and security issues that must be kept in mind.

Effective, HIPAA compliant communication for remote healthcare teams

AI can decrease strain on nurses and other healthcare professionals and allow them focus on the tasks technology cannot address. 

Artificial Intelligence could minimize damage from a growing nursing shortage

, a HIPAA-compliant business texting solution. If your practice wants to start texting customers, Text Request can give you all the tools and resources you need to create a safe and successful text messaging strategy.

While texting can make things a lot easier (and more profitable), it can also be easy to unknowingly violate HIPAA regulations.

Avoid these HIPAA mistakes when texting patients

As more states enact biometric laws (although none are as robust as Illinois), healthcare AI companies, covered entities, and business associates should take note and take steps to update compliance programs in order to reduce the risk of a lawsuit and a potentially criminal HIPAA violation.

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Review your practice’s compensation methodology before the end of the year