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.
Successful practice owners understand the importance of monitoring the competition, setting performance goals, and tracking progress. But implementing a benchmarking program requires care to avoid unnecessary legal risk.
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.
How can healthcare professionals appropriately respond to subpoenas? We discuss the factors that you need to consider before taking action.
Can the pandemic still be considered unforeseen or an “act of God”? The enforceability of your contracts may depend on the answer.
The COVID-19 pandemic has forced healthcare practices to institute new policies and procedures to protect patients and staff and mitigate the spread. But who should pay the costs for these safety measures?
