Law & Malpractice

Practices should work with an attorney to draft a policy for terminating the physician-patient relationship. Here is a sample to get you started.

More physicians and practice staff are using smartphones and media tablets for work purposes. But while these gadgets are useful, they also present greater security risks.

Your front-desk staff is underappreciated but crucial to your success. Arm them with these high-tech helpers to get their jobs done right without burning out.

The “Seven Deadly Sins” easily represent human nature, business, and spending issues you must overcome as a healthcare executive and practice owner.

The government is getting more aggressive-a lot more aggressive-in going after possible fraud. Here's how to keep your practice out of legal hot water.

Use this sample patient dismissal letter if a patient consistently fails to keep appointments, and you are forced to dismiss him from your practice, or for other reasons.

How to keep your practice up to date with changing healthcare policies and industry standards.

Be warned that practices using Web-based electronic systems that lack appropriate privacy protection, whether by accident or not, could face the same fate.

Here's how to avoid a potentially expensive mistake by misclassifying an employee versus a contractor.

Few changes are as onerous as having to switch attorneys in the middle of an issue, especially in an active lawsuit.

I love working with physicians but they don’t always make it easy for those who work with them, whether it’s other physicians, lawyers, or consultants.

From building a great website to getting social-media savvy, here's what physicians should do to boost their cyber profiles.

Medical testing, and the effort to stop physicians from doing too much of it, is ramping up among regulators, insurers, and physician groups.

Thanks to new federal initiatives and the increased use of smart phones and tablets, more physicians are communicating with each other while on the go.

While social media can help a physician's professional reputation grow, the misuse of social media by others can be destructive.

Here are some basic tips to help doctors pick the best legal help.

CPOE brings with it obvious advantages to the patient because it removes the possibility of a ward clerk incorrectly deciphering a physician's illegible writing. However, it also presents some challenges.

It’s cheaper to spend the time and money setting things up properly at your medical practice then to defend yourself when a problem arises.

Here's how physicians can acquire executive-level knowledge on complex issues in a time- and cost-efficient way.

In this podcast, healthcare attorney Todd Rodriguez, defines the Civil False Claims Act, identifies common missteps, and provides key compliance tips.

The Federal Anti-Kickback Statute is explained in this podcast by attorney Todd Rodriguez, who identifies common missteps and provides key compliance tips.

In this podcast, healthcare attorney Todd Rodriguez, defines the Physician Self-Referral Law, identifies common missteps, and provides key compliance tips.

Taking control, even mentally, of the medical business you run or own is no longer a luxury and is required for your survival.

In a recent survey of nearly 400 physicians and office managers, 85 percent of respondents ranked the transition to ICD-10 as one of the top three issues currently impacting their practice.

With physician adoption of EHR systems on the rise, it isn't too late for your practice to begin "meaningful use" as well.