Law & Malpractice

In light of a major insurance company recently being hit with ransomware, the importance of protection, detection, and correction cannot be over emphasized.

The pandemic has placed greater burdens on physicians, providers, and staff.

Physicians Practice® spoke with Krisi Hutson, the product line director at Availity, to discuss some of the ways in which she has been seeing providers help their patients to avoid surprise billing scenarios.

Improve the quality of staff relationships, increase efficiency, and profoundly impact patient safety.

Anything short of twelve months and you will almost always find yourself on the losing side of the transaction.

Risks that threaten doctor’s financial solvency take many forms and require serious personal and professional risk management in multiple areas.

Now is a good time to step back and bring this fresh mindset to reassessing policies and procedures

Technical, administrative, and physical safeguards need to be implemented in accordance with the Security Rule; NIST standards are preferrable.

HHS-OIG items of interest for providers.

While a great way to market your practice’s name, brand, and showcase providers, think through these legal and compliance issues first.

Doctors face a variety or risks far beyond medical malpractice liability. We examine some of the predictable risks of spring and surprises from current headlines that can threaten physicians’ wealth.

Compliance must be an integral component of a practice's RPM program.

Cyberthreats are not going away and cybercriminals are becoming more crafty.

We examine some important basics on how to document your losses and make an effective insurance claim.

The faster people are informed, the faster they will get vaccinated, and the faster we can get back to normal.

The National Health Care Anti-Fraud Association estimated that healthcare fraud costs the nation $68 billion annually.

H.R. 7898, signed into law on January 5, 2021, addresses the recognition of security practices and amends the HITECH Act – kind of.

Basic personal finance issues that can threaten your wealth including both external threats and risky behaviors to avoid.

Terry Blessing, the senior vice president of client development at VisiQuate—a user-friendly, end-to-end revenue cycle management and analytics solutions company—discusses his top tips and tricks for reducing the likelihood of claims denials in your practice.

Providers will benefit most from well-tailored RPM programs designed within the current requirements that also have the means to be flexible as requirements inevitably shift.

Take note of these two cases.

Recurring versus reactive risks.

Two recent enforcement actions and answers to a common question of workplace privacy requirements in light of COVID-19.

As 2021 begins, it presents both familiar risks and new challenges never experienced in the lifetimes of most Americans. We start the year by reviewing key measures to help you to manage and survive both.

Scott LaRoque, CEO of MPOWER Health, discusses why some physician practices are hesitant to adopt value-based care models and how practices can get started with them.

As 2020 comes to a close, three items related to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (“HIPAA”) and the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act of 2009 (“HITECH Act”) emerged.

DHS profit distribution compliance may require modification of physician contracts, compensation policies, and other documentation within the practice

If you engage in these behaviors, closely review your relationships with such companies, as well as the types of events at which you have been speaking.

This is Part III in this series and the focus is on the cybersecurity donation Anti-Kickback Statute (“AKS”) safe harbor and Stark Law exception.

Tactics to consider as you contemplate emerging risks and refine your COVID-19 response.