Law & Malpractice

Patient portals aren’t just a cool marketing tool. In addition to helping a practice meet meaningful use, they are an important part of medical homes.

Robert Tennant of the Medical Group Management Association explains the ins and outs of CMS extending its hardship exception regarding meaningful use technology.

Selling a medical practice involves vital planning issues beyond the sales transaction. Liability and risk management planning should be part of every financial plan for sellers.

The first imported case of Ebola diagnosed in the U.S. underscores the need for practices to actively address risks associated with infectious diseases.

Demand for nonphysician providers has grown exponentially, but not all medical practices are taking the proper precautions and considerations.

There are many legal and financial issues beyond the mechanics of the sale transaction that planners must address with medical practice owners and executives.

PAs and NPs can be great assets to practices, but physicians need to take proper precautions. Here are three liability coverage must-haves.

Here's an overview of hospital-based coverage contracts involving physicians and five key compliance tips to keep in mind.

ACOs enable collaboration between hospitals and physicians because of protections provided under the healthcare reform law.

If your practice regularly treats high profile patients, you should develop a special VIP protocol for your physicians and staff.

Your practice's business associates can lead to HIPAA issues. Here are three tips to ensure your vendors can ensure the safety of protected health information.

Physicians in Texas and nationwide are the focus of an income tax fraud scheme. Here's what you need to know to protect yourself and your finances.

Having good practice environments in every state for physician-PA teams is good for our patients and good for physicians.

Guidance on the latest ruling, and five ways that physicians can grasp, embrace, and implement the second stage of meaningful use.

No business is safe from cyber attacks. Physicians can benefit from both performing due diligence and purchasing insurance to mitigate the risk of loss.

Every investment or venture into which a physician enters must be carefully scrutinized to assure compliance with several state and federal laws.

As freestanding surgical centers continue to proliferate, physicians should keep a close eye on patient care standards, compliance, and asset protection.

This 60-second video clip will help your medical practice identify six ways to reduce the likelihood of a HIPAA breach due to cyber crime.

Sharing radiology images might seem like the most achievable meaningful use objective in Stage 2, but it needs to be make sense for your medical practice.

In a new ruling, CMS agrees to partially pay pending hospital claims in exchange for withdrawal of claims appeals.

If you have been terminated by a provider, or notified you will be terminated, here's what you should know to know your recourse as a medical practice.

There are not always clear answers under HIPAA, particularly when it comes to mental health issues. Here is some guidance.

Physicians and their practices have a little more breathing room when it comes to meeting the requirements of the EHR incentive program.

From inadequate cyber insurance to poor RAC audit coverage, many physicians are purchasing policies that could result in big losses down the line.

Here's what the requirement to be "commercially reasonable" means under the Stark Law and Anti-kickback Statute and what physicians need to know.