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Is your practice protected?

The MJH Life Sciences COVID-19 Coalition will discuss the legal and ethical considerations of COVID-19 vaccinations in a free webinar at 6 p.m. EST, Feb. 24.

Malpractice liability is one of those issues that keeps many physicians awake at night, particularly this past year. Dealing with the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic — and the resulting increase in the virtual and remote care they’re conducting — made it an especially challenge time.

There are some persuasive incentives for your practice to consider implementing or reviewing its antitrust compliance right now.

Preparing for a private equity transaction can help strengthen your practice’s business structure, even if you forego a deal.

The IPCLCI can obtain better prices from vendors than could an individual practice.

Establishing the IPCLI required many steps

Understanding your net operating losses is key to claiming tax benefits for your practice.

George Rogu, MD, describes the biggest obstacle he faced

What should a post-pandemic health care delivery system look like? And what role should primary care physicians hold in this system?

In late 2020, Medical Economics® asked our physician audience what they thought would be the most challenging issues they will face this year. This is what they told us.

A pandemic means new malpractice risks for physicians. We discuss, on today's Medical Economics Pulse.

The changes are intended to remove barriers to coordinated care and reduce regulatory burden.

The government takes additional comprehensive measures to ensure COVID-19 doesn’t disrupt the transition from volume to value.

The gold standard for integration is a clinically and economically integrated group practice operating under a single taxpayer ID number.

There’s an important strategy to follow if you want to minimize your risk.

In most cases, yes, but there are caveats.

The riskier a state’s residents, the more vulnerable a practice may be to lawsuits.

Cases making their way through the judicial system will offer insight into new areas of risks.

The answer may not be as clear-cut as you think.

Past Special Fraud Alerts have portended heightened enforcement activity.

The virus is a major threat, but it may be the tangential things that pose the biggest risks to providers.

In the midst of a global pandemic, there are new liability risks physicians need to prepare for.

The ACA has brought significant changes to American health care

If you don't have these six items in your handbook, you are putting your practice at risk.