Law & Malpractice

Before ACOs are in full swing, HHS may need to make some tweaks to its current rules on physicians, relationships, and payments.

Does your practice act upon patient data gathered at intake and record it in such a way that it can be tied to clinical quality indicators? If not, you may be missing out on additional revenue.

Are you and your office staff up to date with the HIPAA privacy laws? After what I recently saw, you might want to have a refresher.

While a big proponent of the EHR, I am not an advocate of meaningless rules and criteria … to be 'incentivized' by Medicare.

CMS is stepping up efforts to ferret out fraud through its new Center for Program Integrity. Here's what your practice can do to stay below its radar.

Which tech tools are must-haves? And how much are practices paying for all those tech goodies? Our annual survey of more than 1,300 practices has the answers.

From preparing for ICD-10 to participating in the EHR meaningful use incentive program, what’s the most difficult aspect of your daily work?

Are you waiting for EHR vendors to develop smartphone and iPad-friendly applications, so you can work from home, the hospital, or a coffee shop? Your wait may finally be ending, but there's much to know before taking your mobile EHR for a spin.

The Supreme Court Thursday morning upheld the 2010 healthcare law in a 5 to 4 decision. Here's how physicians are reacting.

Current EHRs resemble early automobiles - and they will also continue to become more reliable and useful as they mature.

Cost, lack of education, lack of certified EHRs cited as factors for halfhearted embrace of state, federal programs.

While the financial benefits of point-of-care dispensing may be appealing, the penalties of non-compliance must be avoided at all costs.

This week we discuss an issue more doctors need to address with their patients: appropriate Medicare and Medicaid pre-planning.

Before accepting an offer to become a medical director, there are several legal angles physicians should explore first.

Here are just two of the issues that have taken physician practice owners by surprise over the last 12 months.

In this webinar on patient portals, learn how they work and how they might benefit your medical practice.

Follow this three-step process if you become a victim of physician identity theft.

Incentive programs are great for EHR vendors, but are they always what's best for patients and physicians?

The earlier you recognize you are a victim of identity theft the better. Here are key warning signs to watch out for.

Although it seems obvious that physicians should be truthful in their advertisements, it’s not always clear what might be viewed as false, deceptive, or misleading.

More physicians are being disciplined by medical boards yet penalties are not as severe.

Before you decide to terminate a difficult patient - give him the benefit of the doubt and try these techniques to mend the breac

Got a patient who's abusing your staff, ignoring your advice, failing to pay his bill? When you realize it just isn't going to work, it's usually best to let the patient go. Here's how to do it correctly.

Want to have a presence in social media as a clinician? Follow the AMA's guidelines, which reflect common sense.