Articles for physicians, surgeons, and surgical practices, including ambulatory surgery centers. Topics cover the regulatory, corporate, and operational issues that come up in physician-owned practices, from contracting and compliance to practice structure, written for independent practitioners and small groups.
Today’s consumers love the option to obtain prescriptions online, with no office visit required. It’s a slick, disruptive business model, but is it actually legal?
For healthcare professionals moving to a new practice, restrictions on soliciting patients to continue treatment at the new location can raise concerns about patient abandonment. What are your rights and responsibilities?
To protect the privacy of their address and assets, medical providers should consider a land trust for their next home purchase.
Telehealth prescribing offers physicians, psychiatrists emerging options for reaching patients with psychiatric, substance abuse, pain treatment.
You know that obtaining written informed consent is vital to avoiding lawsuits, but do you know where the legal vulnerabilities
Just because your peers feature before-and-after photos in their marketing doesn’t mean that it’s legally compliant. Learn the risks of
Physician referrals are great for business, but they can also bring prohibited conflicts of interest. Get to know Stark Law
On July 12, 2018, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) issued its annual proposed Medicare Physician Fee Schedule for
The Anti-Kickback Statute prohibits individuals and entities from offering anything of value, whether cash or otherwise, in exchange for any
Many Illinois doctors and healthcare providers do not take the time to review their existing employment contracts before leaving to
