Legal Compliance

Government and commercial insurers have different policies practices must know about waiving copayments. What do practices have to know?

Here’s what you do when a HIPAA violation affects your patients, but is the fault of one of your business partners.

Lost laptops, tablets, and phones are among the most common ways patient privacy is breached. Here’s what to do if it happens to you.

In part two of our interview, AMA President Steven J. Stack opines on whether physicians will ever buy into government-based payment programs.

A recent ruling from an administrative law judge emphasizes the importance of HIPAA compliance for physicians.

What does AMA President Steven J. Stack think about the new CMS primary-care model? He shares his thoughts in part 1 of a two-part interview series.

While some payer-based investigations into fraud might be based on actual patterns of abuse, most are just an attempt to recoup funds.

Before filing your taxes on April 18, review these tips to make sure you take advantage of tax breaks and avoid paying penalties.

Your practice is only as strong as your HR and management infrastructure. To ensure a thriving practice in 2016, here are five tasks on your to-do list.

Despite the increasing threat of cyberattackers to healthcare organizations, protections are not being put in place to safeguard patient data.

Here are some resolutions practices can make to commit to and execute upon a strategic compliance plan in 2016.

A guide to helping physicians better understand the process of Medicare-based reimbursement for PAs. What do you have to know?

A recent rule on the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) and an article on mHealth show why it's important to stay on top of HIPAA and mental health.

With tax day coming up, here is a final look at tax-related exposures and scams that could harm physicians financially and legally.

The OCR is doing more HIPAA audits this year, and you need to be ready. Here’s how to do your own internal audit.

Common asset protection mistakes plague medical professionals, such as do it yourself strategies that lack any real defensive basis in the law.

With the new rules around the confidentiality of substance abuse records circulated this month, physicians need to update policies and procedures.

If your practice hasn't already, make sure to hire an outside auditing firm to review your billing records for possible overpayments.

New Jersey is already a primary-care physician shortage area. A new state plan makes the problem worse by giving state employees special status.

Recent guidance from the U.S. Department of Justice can help structure compliance programs in relation to HIPAA and cybersecurity.

Looking to get those administrative burdens off your plate? Before you sell to a non-hospital entity be leery of these compliance risks.

Want to avoid seeing your practice getting an audit from OCR? Here are six simple steps you can improve data security.

The latest guidance from the FDA in relation to cybersecurity vulnerabilities is something that physicians and patients need to know.

Many practices fail to invest in insurance for the loss of an important employee or covering their business from disability

The Merit-Based Incentive Payment System will go into effect in about a year. Here is what you have to know.