March 28th 2024
The peculiarities of healthcare makes private equity investments a fraught proposition.
March 15th 2024
The new rule aligns more closely with HIPAA.
March 14th 2024
Health care employers have the obligation to protect their employees and their patients, while also complying with applicable state and federal laws.
March 13th 2024
Healthcare employers have to strike a balance between their ADA responsibilities and the privacy of their employees.
February 29th 2024
Also the US Department of Health and Human Services is emphasizing cybersecurity.
Healthcare Investments: Ask the Right Questions
Every investment or venture into which a physician enters must be carefully scrutinized to assure compliance with several state and federal laws.
Medicare Moves to Replace Modifier 59
Not only should your practice prepare to use new modifiers by Jan. 1, you might also experience even greater scrutiny of future modifier 59 claims.
Investing in Ancillary Service Providers: Legal Risks for Physicians
A tax and business formation lawyer shares the legal risks physicians must consider prior to investing in or working for ancillary service providers.
OIG Issues Special Fraud Alert: Lab Payments to Referring Physicians
Physicians who maintain financial arrangements with laboratories to which they refer should be aware of a new special fraud alert.
Five Missteps to Avoid When Communicating Electronically with Patients
Communicating electronically with patients is convenient, but also risky. Here, a risk management professional shares some of the biggest mistakes to avoid.
Meaningful Use Security Risk Analysis: 6 Areas to Review
The Stage 2 rules of meaningful use call for a security risk analysis of your practice. Here are some common sources of data loss to examine.
Most Practices Face Increased HIPAA Risks due to Security Lags
Physicians Practice's 2014 Technology Survey, Sponsored by Kareo, contains troubling findings regarding efforts to secure protected health information.
Billing New Physicians Incident-to Current Physicians
When it comes to billing Medicare, you may very well be able to bill one physician incident-to another. Here's how.
How Long until Mobile Health Apps Are Safe and Beneficial?
Here are four key areas of concern those in healthcare have when it comes to the future of mHealth apps, tools patient are utilizing in greater numbers.
Poll: Can Apple's New Health App Boost Patient Compliance?
Apple unveiled its Health app, compiling data from a user's health- and fitness-related apps in one place. Can it help patients take ownership of their health?
When Medical Practice Staff Return After FMLA Leave: What to Know
Understanding the Family and Medical Leave Act and what it requires can help medical practices avoid costly missteps.
The Real Reason Physicians Must Comply With HIPAA
When it comes to understanding why we need HIPAA compliance, government regulators are on one side of a very wide river, and physicians are on the other.
How Physicians Can Stay Informed About Changing Rules, Regulations
Physicians must find new ways to ensure they are informed and knowledgeable about healthcare changes and how those changes will affect their medical practices.
How the Direct Project Helps Physicians Exchange Information Securely
The ability to securely communicate ePHI to any provider at any other medical practice or hospital with any EHR may not be as far off as you think.
Physicians Experience Payment Problems Due to ACA Hiccups
Why one pediatric practice that received over $100,000 in increased payments due to an ACA initiative has to pay the money back.
Insurers Take Advantage of Impossible Expectations Placed on Physicians
In medical practice, a cottage industry has developed, which is dedicated solely to legal “fault finding” without regard to equity.
Determining What Needs to Be Included in Your HIPAA Policies
When crafting HIPAA security policies at your medical practice, don't overlook the broader information footprint.
Ten Free Tools that Will Help You Better Manage Your Medical Practice
From a sample patient dismissal letter to an RVU calculator; these 10 resources will help your practice operate in a more efficient and compliant manner.
Anti-Kickback Pitfall to Avoid: Sales Force Compensation
If you are a physician, be mindful that payments to a commissioned sales force for the referral or recommendation of business can be illegal.
Lack of HIPAA Security Rule Awareness Can Hurt Medical Practices
Medical practices must become more aware of the HIPAA Security Rule and the HIPAA Breach Notification Rule.
Medical Practice Business Planning First Quarter Calendar
Important financial and compliance issues can be digested easily with a little planning. March is a good time to look at HR issues in your practice.
Physicians Face Unreasonably High Coding Documentation Standards
Payers know that correctly writing down every patient encounter is difficult for physicians, if not impossible. Therefore, exploiting this is easy for them.
Despite Delay, Two-midnight Rule Implementation Should Not Be Ignored
When admitting patients to the hospital, knowing Medicare rules and making use of diligent charting can make all the difference.
Privacy, Security Mistakes Physicians Make When Using Mobile Devices
More physicians are using their mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets for healthcare purposes. But not all are using them securely.
Meaningful Use Audits: 4 Ways to Prepare and Survive
A little preparation will go a long way toward helping medical practices pass meaningful use audits.
Data Protection Tips for Medical Practices Using Mobile Devices
Mobile devices bring great benefits to healthcare, but they also pose great risks. Here's how to mitigate those risks.
Key Ways to Help Physicians Transition to ICD-10
How to use technology and education to assist your medical practice's physicians with the ICD-10 transition before it happens.
The Top 10 Things Doctors Should Never Say to Patients
Poor physician communication makes it more likely a patient will file a malpractice lawsuit against you. Here are 10 things to never say to patients.
Physicians: Beware Schemes to Circumvent Stark Law
No matter how cleverly structured, schemes to circumvent Stark Law are risky for physicians, and the consequences of failing to comply can be devastating.
Privacy Rights vs. Public Safety Concerns: HHS Proposes HIPAA Change
HHS asserts that a proposed rule is trying to strike a balance between the individual privacy protections of HIPAA and public safety considerations.