Law & Malpractice

Odds are that you have faced a drug-seeking patient. How you respond to them is important.

Be educated and advocate for yourself when it comes to working with Medicare carriers

Cash-only: Are you really ready?

Dropping your malpractice policy may sound great, but don't consider it except as a last resort.

How to develop a formal document retention policy and what is required

How the Office for Civil Rights is handling reported HIPAA violations

Sen. Arlen Specter's (R-Pa.) waffling on malpractice caps provokes ire.

The technology tools doctors use to increase patient safety can be simple or complex

Human resource basics for physicians

Political action committees let this physician put his money where his political passions are

Should Congress stop physicians from providing handwritten scripts to pharmacies?

How one Mississippi physician went into politics

Legal issues to consider before staging a walkout

Physicians fight changes in the 2003 prescription drug law

Take steps to avoid having tort claims elevate to a full-blown lawsuit

Common misperceptions about the electronic transaction and code set standards of HIPAA

Why physicians need to get more involved in politics

How to conduct legitimate internal investigations

How to create and use a complete and well-thumbed policies and procedures manual

How to make changes in your charts, legally

If you are notified that your practice has been selected for an audit, don't panic.

Legal action to urge clarity in payer fee schedules

Dean for president?

Physicians should be politically engaged

Three steps to reduce your chances of a lawsuit - and five ways to fight back

When a minor seeks treatment without the consent of a guardian, it's rarely clear how you should proceed. To whom do you owe your allegiance - the patient or the parent?

Need an eye-opener about how the best-laid HIPAA plans can go astray?