Law & Malpractice

Getting your medical practice staff - and your patients - involved in the meaningful use process is important to successful attestation.

Outside of an Obamacare repeal, it is nearly certain that mandatory requirements of compliance programs are here to stay. Here's how to prepare.

With a proposed change to Stage 2 reporting of meaningful use, practices should stay on top of notices and important dates highlighted by CMS.

When it comes to asset protection many physicians mistakenly focus only on medical malpractice risk. Recent news reports illustrate other serious risks.

New data from Quest Diagnostics suggests while the rate of misuse of prescription drugs is high, there are strategies for physicians to use with patients.

They did what?! Eleven costly mistakes healthcare providers have made when dealing with confidential patient information.

When patients "check in" via social media, it may help cyber-thieves check out their personal information, something practices should be aware of.

Recent research indicates that PAs can improve the healthcare system, and recent policy changes help ensure that they have the opportunity to do so.

The recent imposition of penalties by the DOJ in two instances should cause physicians to re-evaluate their policies and practices.

Defensive medicine makes it more likely that you will be sued. Defensible medicine? Now, that puts you on malpractice insurers’ "A" lists. Here's how.

As tax season approaches, tax scams targeting doctors once again spike. Here are some basic tips for protecting yourself from criminals and the IRS.

HIPAA "willful neglect" violations can cost medical practices hundreds of thousands of dollars. Here's how to prevent them from occurring at your practice.

What is a provider supposed to do to ensure HIPAA compliance with copying charges when a request for medical records is made? It’s not always easy.

Medical practice risk extends beyond patient care into liabilities such as employee lawsuits. Managing this risk requires a multidisciplinary approach.

Here's a primer on how co-management agreements work in healthcare, a pay-for-performance tool picking up steam among physicians.

Every medical practice should have a compliance officer. Here are 15 tasks to assign this important individual.

As we head into 2015, among the many items to consider is whether your medical practice’s operations are compliant with HIPAA.

Doctors must understand the basics of asset protection as a key part of their personal and professional success.

Massachusetts' effort to tie license renewal to meaningful use of an EHR is a great way to ease the physician shortage.

Malpractice insurance pricing has been stable and even declining for the past several years, but will the trend continue?

CMS recently announced that 257,000 eligible professionals will face Medicare payment adjustments because of noncompliance with meaningful use standards.

Information requests consume significant resources and represent a real area of risk for medical practices. Here are the top five actions you should take.

Look no further than the recent issue of JAMA for evidence that physician mandates are not beneficial, but paternalistic and coercive.

The importance of HIPAA policies and procedures should not be overlooked. Doing so can be costly.