Law & Malpractice

You may want to help patients experiencing financial difficulties and you can, but be sure to do it the right way to avoid a payer audit and penalty.

Before you fire off a response to a negative patient review, here are seven things to consider. You don’t want to post something potentially worse online.

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

Advanced practitioners have various qualifications, but be sure you understand your state's scope of practice laws.

A recent U.S. Tax Court ruling should provide food for thought for physicians accepting guaranteed bonus payments from their hospital employer.

With the increased buzz around the direct primary care model, here's what you need to know about the private healthcare transition.

Anonymous, electronic remarks can be hurtful to your pride and medical practice. Here are four ways to handle potentially detrimental online reviews.

Many physicians enter into medical directorship arrangements hoping to "get rich quick" while unsuspectingly jeopardizing their medical license.

While creditor protection for IRAs is provided by law, there are several other important asset-protection issues doctors need to consider.

The OIG may very well be signaling its intention to hold boards, or even individual board members, responsible for oversight responsibility for their organizations.

Tailored risk management can reduce healthcare costs. While your insurer does its best to reduce your risk, here are three ways physicians can do the same.

If you can't ignore a bad online patient review and are considering a defamation suit vs. a patient, here are three things to consider first.

Consultants and health IT experts share their top advice for physicians participating in the EHR incentive program.

PAs have always taken a team approach to medicine. That focus is applicable to policy issues as well as clinical ones.

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

Step up HIPAA compliance by identifying what's getting other practices into trouble, and taking steps to avoid making the same mistakes.

CMS has identified three areas of the proposed Stage 3 rule that could make meeting meaningful use simpler for physicians.

Done incorrectly, big year-end bonuses can result in big trouble, as seen in the case of one Illinois physician.

More malpractice cases relating to physicians' EHR use are occurring. Here's what to do to ensure such a problem does not happen to you.

If you have federal health plan patient, you need to pay careful attention to the rules of the Stark Law and the federal Anti-Kickback Statute.

The demands of unproven quality measures create a constant stream of paperwork and erode the essential foundation of the doctor-patient relationship.

Make the most out of the HIMSS15 Conference with these 10 tips of things you can't miss in Chicago.

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

Under the proposed rule, all providers, regardless of prior program participation, would attest to Stage 3 in 2018. Here's what that means for physicians.

Here are a few of the objectives and measures in the Stage 3 proposed rules to meet meaningful use that could be most challenging for physicians.