Law & Malpractice

With its push for physicians to discuss gun safety, the AMA once again reveals that it does not truly represent the physicians seeing patients every day.

A new year is the perfect time to be proactive and ensure your medical practice is compliance with all the regulations it faces.

Here are five legal issues private practices should be sure to follow in the new year to avoid potential pitfalls.

Legislative interference in the operation of your medical practice is evident across the U.S. Here are some examples.

Healthcare providers nationwide are taking issue with payers conducting pay-then-pull-back audits and delayed payments for covered treatments.

Learn the difference between claims-made and occurrence-based malpractice policies for physicians, tail insurance, and more.

Here's part one of my 12-month medical practice makeover - a series to help make changes at your office. First, employee liability issues to examine this month.

An expert in physician recruitment walks you through the process of how a firm works to fill the demand for an employed physician at locations nationwide.

Telemedicine and other health IT tools can help physician assistants be more proactive in patient care. Some of the rules need to change too, however.

Here's guidance on how to avoid violating HIPAA when it comes to de-identification of protected health information.

Attorney Rachel Rose provides some details and frequent issues for physicians regarding Recovery Audit Contractor audits.

From increasing HIPAA training among staff to stepping up billing compliance efforts, here are key action steps to consider making in the New Year.

Simply put, today's EHRs are not designed to collect data in a way that allows accurate meaningful use reports to be created.

From cloud-based computing to patient portals, here’s what, technology-wise, made a big bang in physician practices nationwide.

Physician online content and even profiles are a click away from being stolen and copied. Here are some strategies to help cope with this disturbing problem.

Every new business venture into which physicians enter could present significant legal risk and should properly be vetted.

While the current focus on health IT tends to be on features or capabilities, it's time to take a look at the higher purposes of these devices and software.

Here are three issues that need to be on your shortlist for 2013 to re-visit and address proactively to help you and your medical practice.

Here are some tips you can review that could eliminate post-holiday party problems for you and your medical practice.

Achieve meaningful use, increase profitability, and improve quality care with your patient portal.

Most practices have no formal written approach to confronting physicians with medical issues. Here are some tips.

Concierge medicine may have its critics, but it is the very essence of American ingenuity to identify a problem, and come up with a free-market solution.

Don’t let your practice fall short when it comes to workplace safety policies and procedures. Here are some tips.

Taiwan's electronic healthcare information system offers a view of the future, one made closer by health IT provisions of the Affordable Care Act.

Nonphysician providers can help counteract the physician shortage, but be sure to consider these important legal requirements when employing them.