Reimbursement

Financing Technology

Billing Compliance

Audits

Accounts Receivable

Denials

Revenue Cycle Management

Billing & Collections

Value-Based Care

Personal Health Records

Coding & Documentation

Medical Billing & Collections

Overhead

Finance

Industry News

OSHA

Medicare

Medicaid

Healthcare Policy

Malpractice

Risk Assessment

Safety

MACRA

Opioids

Mergers/acquisitions

HIPAA

Embezzlement

Healthcare Reform

Legal Compliance

Contracts

Risk Management

Stark

Law & Malpractice

Social Determinants of Health

Technology and Patient Engagement

Patient Care

Marketing

Patients

Patient Portals

Patient Flow Wait Times

Patient Relations

Payers

Patient Dismissal

Patient Confidentiality

Patient Engagement & Communications

Practice Management

Retirement

Surveys

Practice 360

Locum Tenens

Practice360 Blogs

Practice360 Articles

Practice Expansion

Banking

Pharmacy

Healthcare Careers

Investment

Primary Care

Business

Salary

Safety and Error Prevention

Front Desk

Employment

Jobs

Managers & Administrators

Hiring Firing

Career

Mentoring

Staff

Staff Salary Survey

Self Pay

Scheduling

Training

Work/Life Balance

Residents

Operations

Outsourcing

Partnerships

Performance

Practice Models

Productivity

Recruitment

Red Flags

Practice Management Systems

Physician Productivity

Personal Finance

Physician Compensation

Referrals

Burnout

Staffing & Salary

Cybersecurity

Remote Patient Monitoring

Telemedicine

Vendors

Voice Recognition

Health IT

EHR Technology

Hardware

E-prescribing

Technology Survey

Stimulus

Mobile

Data Analytics

Technology

Topics

Media

Video & Interviews

Podcasts

Medical World News

Pearls

Best States to Practice

Great American Physician Survey

Conferences

ACP Internal Medicine Meeting

HIMSS

MGMA

All Conferences

Events

Virtual Events

CME/CE

Resources

Publications

Subscribe

eNewsletter

Ola Sars is the CEO, founder, and chairman of

, the world’s fastest-growing music platform for businesses. By combining expert curation and world-class technology, Soundtrack Your Brand provides an all-in-one solution for streaming music that’s properly licensed for medical practices, spas, fitness centers, retail stores, and other commercial settings.

Articles

The right soundtrack can help patients feel more relaxed, reduce anxiety, and make visits more enjoyable.

Improve patient experience with background music

 advises clients on compliance, transactions, government administrative actions, and litigation involving healthcare, cybersecurity, corporate and securities law, as well as False Claims Act and Dodd-Frank whistleblower cases. She also teaches bioethics at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston. Rachel can be reached through her website, 

What if the algorithm was manipulated or rendered an inaccurate result in a patient care situation?

AI and healthcare: Key considerations

8 Tips for medical malpractice defense

Jonathan Moss, MBA, FHFMA has been working in the healthcare industry for three decades. A majority of his career has been devoted to bridging the widening chasm of “financial experience” between providers and patients. After working for 20 years in revenue cycle for a non-profit health system, Jonathan has joined PayMedix as VP of Consumer Financial Engagement addressing this ecosystem with a truly innovative and more equitable solution. He is a Fellow in the Healthcare Financial Management Association where his home chapter is Massachusetts-Rhode Island.

Skyrocketing out-of-pocket healthcare costs and unexpected medical expenses are outpacing inflationary pressures which have already decimated the budgets of many American families.

Navigating inflation’s impact on healthcare affordability

Advertise

Contribute

Contact Us

Privacy

Terms and Conditions

Do Not Sell My Information

Physician's Practice

Facebook

Twitter

LinkedIn

Spotlight: Career

1rem

New guidance unveiled this week would allow states to impose work requirements on Medicaid recipients, but one physician advocacy group is not on board.

Medicaid Work Requirements Stir Controversy

On December 2, 2020, CMS published new provisions and exemptions related to the Stark Law (85 Fed. Reg. 77492) and HHS-OIG published new provisions and safe harbors related to the Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS) (85 Fed. Reg. 77684. 


Reminder: Important Stark Effective Date and Physician Group Practices

Code accurately with the appropriate documentation to substantiate medical necessity.

CMS increases payments for cognitive assessments and care plan services

Only a quarter of Medicare and Medicare Advantage recipients receive an annual wellness visit.

Four best practices for your Annual Wellness Visit (AWV) engagement campaigns

If providers fail to follow these new rules, claims will be denied, and eventually, those who are outliers on adherence to appropriate use criteria will be subject to prior authorization.

Preparation for appropriate use criteria is key to success

Most physician compensation structures must comply with Stark laws. The danger is that practices may be in violation without realizing it, putting themselves at risk of fines and exclusion from Medicare and Medicaid.

How not complying with Stark laws can put your practice at risk

Medicaid

Latest News

More News