Legal Compliance

It's time to get serious about your compliance plan for improper coding and billing issues and overpayments. Here are five actions to take.

What are the top healthcare issues that practices will have to pay attention to in the coming year?

Value-based reimbursement and a few other trends that will have a major impact on physician practices in the coming year.

Everyone should know about CMS' rule about repaying overpayments within 60 days. What about private payers?

Protect your practice from potential legal problems over labor laws. Here are 10 steps you can take.

A new rule creates certain "safe harbor" provisions under the Federal Anti-Kickback Statute with regards to transportation.

This doctor prescribes treatments and medications only when the benefit outweighs the harm - sometimes it's not that clear cut.

What will have the most impact on practice management this year? Experts offer their various predictions for the year ahead.

It was a year filled with tumultuous uncertainty, new regulations, and increasing physician burnout. Here's a look back at 2016.

There were several multimillion dollar HIPAA settlements this year, including the largest settlement to-date. Here is a summary of the worst incidents.

A new cartoon shows us which healthcare professional wants to tag along with Santa Claus on Christmas and deliver some "gifts."

A recurring pattern of fraud and embezzlement peaks at the end of each year. What practices must be aware of, both internally and externally.

Seven areas of MACRA where practices will likely struggle in the coming years, with advice from experts on how to deal with each one.

A new report reveals that life expectancy is on the decline thanks to rising fatalities from heart disease and other serious conditions.

More than 20 healthcare professionals from a hospital in Texas are being charged with a kickback conspiracy involving over $500 million in insurance claims.

What can physicians expect from healthcare policy under President-elect Donald Trump? A look ahead to the next four years.

A recent case exemplified why every practice - regardless of size - needs to play by the rules when it comes to the False Claims Act and Stark Law.

A recent case between a hospital and its former employee emphasizes the need for practices to make sure their handbook is not an accidental handbook.

Some patients are just not going to adhere to a physician's guidelines; is it fair to get penalized by CMS for that?

This week, President-elect Donald Trump announced his picks to head Health and Human Services and CMS. Plus, the 21st Century Cures Act passes the House.

In part one of a two-part podcast, patient experience consultant William Maples talks to us about the problem with the HCHAPS and CG-CAHPS surveys.

OSHA recently introduced harsher penalties to employers who are violating workplace safety guidelines. Here's what you have to know.

What can practices learn from a recent ruling by the Supreme Court on the False Claims Act? An expert weighs in.

While employed physicians often cannot accept samples in their practice, this independent doctor can and does, to help his patients in need.