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.
Funding, access, transparency, wages, and more— the new year brings many new federal rules for the practice of healthcare. We round up a year’s worth of changes that could affect you in 2020.
The new year brings new laws governing the practice of healthcare in Illinois. Here’s the roundup of the ones most likely to affect you.
Are you a healthcare practice aiming to generate new patients with offers like a $20 Starbucks card after the completion of a new appointment? Here are things that you might not have considered.
Are you prepared to respond to intrusions into your data and systems? Here are some things you’ll need to know if you experience a data breach.
A headline-grabbing lawsuit against Domino’s has many healthcare practice owners wondering if their websites are accessible to patients with disabilities— and what to do if they’re not.
Have you ever received a negative review and wished that you could have prevented it from being posted? Here’s why you can’t merely contract the problem away.
If you’re hiring for a healthcare business or practice in Illinois, you may need to make changes to comply with the state’s Equal Pay Act.
It’s a common question: “I already have a Notice of Privacy Practices. Does that mean I don’t need the HIPAA policy you mentioned?” Here’s why the answer is a resounding no.
If the DEA inspected your practice tomorrow, would your storage of controlled substances pass muster? Here’s what you need to know to be secure and compliant.
A new federal law criminalizes many common financial relationships between laboratories and those who refer patients to them. And because of sloppy drafting, EKRA’s scope is broader than anticipated.
