Articles on building and maintaining a compliant healthcare practice. Topics cover HIPAA compliance, fraud, waste, and abuse programs, good faith estimates, informed consent, controlled-substance and procedure SOPs, and patient intake policies and procedures, written for owners putting policies and procedures in place.
Did you know that the federal government’s definition of “sex discrimination” now includes sexual orientation and gender identity? This interpretation has real-world implications for healthcare practices. We explain the basics of staying compliant.
Odds are, your healthcare practice has a Notice of Privacy Practices. But do you fully understand it? Do you know its relation to your individualized HIPAA policy handbook? It’s critical to understand these two required documents.
What legal obligations do physicians have to offer care? We examine situations that do and don’t justify turning away a patient.
Everyone is looking for ways to strengthen natural immunity against COVID-19, relieve the symptoms, or shorten its course. Thanks to a new law, you’ll need to be extra careful with claims about new products or treatments.
A new federal rule prohibiting information blocking gives patients full, immediate access to their electronic health information. What does this mean for your practice?
What legal issues arise when psychiatrists treat children via telehealth? We discuss the special considerations for offering telepsychiatry services to this special population.
We discuss how physicians can avoid having their signatures of approval turn into legal liability.
Many accountants include business formations in their menu of services. However, the complexity of healthcare regulation makes this risky for both accountants and their clients. We discuss the most common pitfalls.
The staffing and facilities requirements for offering in-office anesthesia services vary widely by state. Review these key questions to help your practice avoid unnecessary, costly penalties for noncompliance.
It’s a common question: “Is what I want to do legal?” To understand the answer, you’ll need to know a few critical distinctions in the eyes of the law.
