November 7th 2023
A new program allows medical practice owners to back away from abusive Employee Retention Credit claims that may subject them to penalties ranging from fines to criminal prosecution.
September 12th 2023
We review the legal documents, risk management and vital areas of insurance coverage every family should address.
August 8th 2023
Physicians, and two-income couples in particular, are increasingly relying on household employees to help manage their work-life demands.
March 28th 2023
Another look at the news.
December 30th 2022
You protect yourself against medical malpractice, but are you protected against medical board complaints?
Enterprise Risk Management and Your Medical Practice
Experts on enterprise risk management and your medical practice, the changing dynamic of risk, and the effect on human capital.
Texting Patient Information: Risks and Strategies for Physicians
Text messages between medical practices and patients are a great way to violate HIPAA - unless you take very specific precautions.
Is Cyber Insurance a Good or Bad Investment?
Recent reports of cyber attacks involving patients' medical records have physicians wondering whether cyber insurance is a smart idea to protect their practices.
What Medical Practices Need to Know about Whistle-blowing Lawsuits
Medical practices need to understand how whistle-blower lawsuits work and how the government decides which cases to pursue.
Selecting a Locum Tenens Agency: Three Considerations for Practices
Make sure the locum tenens staffing company your medical practice is considering provides these three essential services to better protect your business.
More High-deductible Health Plans Could Pose Ethical, Legal Problems
Physicians need to talk with advisers about the new ethical and business dilemmas that will be posed by high-deductible insurance plans.
Five Ways Medical Practices Can Better Manage Workplace Conflict
To help ensure you know exactly how to handle workplace conflict at your medical practice, we asked an expert to weigh in.
Caution About Year-End Tax and Legal Strategies for Physicians
Here are some key issues to examine as advisor sales teams targeting doctors kick into high gear for end-of-year planning.
Avoiding Financial Scams
Post-Madoff, investors still face a minefield of threats.
Think Like an Attorney When It Comes to EHR Implementation
To avoid potential lawsuits involving EHR adoption and implementation - think like a plaintiff's attorney.
Six Roles You Need Filled at Your Medical Practice for the Future
Now is the season for planning and creating a strategy for a practice that can survive the future. Here are six roles to fill at your office today.
Utilizing Enterprise Risk Management in Patient Care Decisions
Enterprise risk management can be a valuable tool for medical practices in anticipating, planning, and preventing certain patient care decisions.
Medical Practices Must Adjust to Comply with New HIPAA Rules
If your practice has not yet updated its policies and procedures to comply with the HIPAA Omnibus Final Rule it could face big consequences.
Nine Risk Management Tips for Medical Practices
Here are tips for managing three medical practice risk areas: HIPAA breaches, Medicare audits, and EHR liability issues.
EHRs Can Be Risky Business for Physicians
In the rush to meet meaningful use guidelines, physicians may have won the battle but lost the war as poor or faulty implementation of EHRs increases risk.
Asset Protection Issues for Physicians: Real Life Examples
Sometimes learning from true stories of physicians who lost assets due to poor planning is the best way to kick start your own asset protection plan.
Fourth Quarter Legal and Financial Planning Issues for Physicians
Don't wait until the final two weeks of the year to address legal and financial planning issues. Here's what physicians should focus on now.
What Practices Need to Do Now to Prepare for HIPAA Omnibus Changes
There are three main changes to HIPAA coming Sept. 23, 2013, that medical practices need to know about. Here's what they are and what you should do.
Medical Practice Insurance: 6 Ways to Better Manage Your Coverage
Finding ways to maintain an independent physician practice is tough. One area to target for cost savings and practice protection is insurance coverage.
IT Disasters at Your Medical Practice: 7 Steps to Prepare, Recover
Here are seven of the critical steps for medical practices to take for disaster preparedness, recovery, and business continuity of their IT services.
Ensure Your Practice Covenant is Enforceable Before It's Too Late
Physician practices must constantly review existing restrictive covenant provisions to ensure they are compliant with state law.
The HIPAA Omnibus Rule and its Possible Impact on Malpractice
What will the new HIPAA Omnibus Rule mean in terms of malpractice and professional liability insurance issues for physicians? Here's an explanation.
Crisis Communication Tips for Medical Practices
The unexpected can happen at your medical practice. But you can take proactive steps to get you and your team ready. Here's how.
Managing Chronic Pain Patients and Opioid Drugs
Treating chronic pain patients in primary-care practices can involve some extra work, but done wisely, the benefit to the majority of patients far outweighs the potential for abuse.
An Analytical Approach to Improve Healthcare
The Medicare Annual Wellness Visit is one of the best ways to capture real-time clinical data and thus, assist at-risk health populations.
When a Patient Threatens to Sue You for Malpractice
What’s the best course of action when a patient threatens to sue you for malpractice?
HIPAA-compliant, Antivirus-protected Computers Can Still Get Infected
Even following the HIPAA Security Rule, which requires protecting computer systems with anti-virus and anti-spam, computers can still get infected. Why is that?
Courteous Practice Staff Can Reduce Your Malpractice Risk
Patients who feel disrespected or poorly treated are more likely to sue if there is a bad outcome. Here's how to encourage a more respectful office environment.
Wealth Protection in the Face of Medical Malpractice
When a malpractice claim moves forward, be prepared to guard your wealth.
Traumatic Brain Injury: The Hidden Malpractice Risk
Traumatic brain injury claims can be brought years after an initial injury, so physicians need to take steps to identify, prevent, and follow through.