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.
You’ve observed colleagues and competitors engaging in business practices that your attorney says aren’t permissible. Does that give you cover? We discuss how to assess the situation.
Some states permit healthcare providers to petition the court for the removal of a patient’s firearms. How can a provider do this without violating HIPAA’s Privacy Rule?
Are you wondering how the new No Surprises Act affects your practice? We explain the basics, with particular focus on the requirements for “good faith estimates” for uninsured and self-pay patients.
The Corporate Practice of Medicine (CPOM) doctrine frustrates many entrepreneurs interested in starting a medical practice in many states, including Illinois. In this four-minute video, Erin Jackson explains the basics and a compliant workaround.
What happens when constraints such as a language barrier make it difficult for your patient to understand the risks, benefits, and alternatives to the plan of care?
“HIPAA doesn’t apply to me.” We hear it all the time. But are you willing to bet your practice’s future on that assumption? We discuss the basics, including the most commonly overlooked aspects of the law.
What are your obligations to disclose or withhold your minor patients’ sensitive health information?
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.
How can healthcare professionals appropriately respond to subpoenas? We discuss the factors that you need to consider before taking action.
It may sound like a good strategy for preventing sexual harassment lawsuits. But asking patients to waive the right to sue has major drawbacks.
