As I visit with providers, I discover managers that are not well educated in the HIPAA process, and do not understand they are required to do an annual Security Risk Audit and review of their practice even if they do not have an EMR, writes Carol Gibbons in her latest blog.
While practices are largely safe from paying monetary compensation to patients from a HIPAA violation, there are still threats outside of a courtroom.
A pair of new fact sheets can help physicians determine when patient authorization to share information is not needed in the interest of care coordination.
Lead researcher says economic impact of hepatitis C virus will increase unless action is taken now.
States had restricted Medicaid recipients’ access to drugs, but new court rulings are changing that practice.
With every passing summer day, the Zika virus alarm becomes more urgent in the United States, making it more important that physicians both address it and dispel rumors with their patients.
While transparency is viewed as important to reducing consumer health costs, little has been done to affect business-to-business relationships and confront pricing practices that are often variable and opaque.
As Medicare spending on hospice care has grown steadily in recent years-reaching $15.1 billion annually-the government has stepped up its regulatory scrutiny of hospice enrollment practices to make sure that only appropriate patients are being admitted.
In May of this year, President Obama and the U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) released the long-awaited Final Rule revising the minimum salary requirement for an employee to qualify for the overtime exemption under the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”). All changes under the rule will take effect on December 1, 2016.
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Following a flood of criticism from the pharmaceutical lobby, medical societies, patient groups and members of Congress, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has announced it may make some adjustments to its Medicare Part B drug pay proposal.
Early data emerging from states’ healthcare insurance expansion
In April, baby boomers passed the crown as the largest living generation to millennials, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. There are now more Americans between the ages of 18-34 than those aged 51-69.
The patient encounters may vary, but the public health issue remains the same: We have an opioid crisis in America and the numbers prove it.
Solving defensive medicine, antibiotic use and recertification are the hot topics of this month's Your Voice.
Amid rising deaths due to prescription painkillers, doctors are finding alternative ways to help patients manage chronic pain.
Entrepreneurial docs make it work by cutting out third-party payers and negotiating with suppliers
How often must the physician perform subsequent services that reflect the continued active management of a patient’s care in order to bill incident-to?
Congress has taken what some are calling largely symbolic steps to address the issue of opioid abuse.
Nearly 40% of doctors in the U.S. are aged 50 or older, and one in four are 65 or older, according to the American Medical Association. For these baby boomers, retirement is a fast-approaching reality. As they ponder their next life phase, doctors who own private practices face several challenges unique to the profession.
Data thieves are getting craftier with their methods-and are actively targeting healthcare records.
There are over 600 accountable care organizations (ACOs) in the United States-and half of them are physician-led.
Traditional primary care is failing, and physicians are burning out at a high rate.
Many experts view bundled payments as a critical part of cutting costs and reforming healthcare.
When it comes to nutrition, Americans in droves are ignoring the advice to eat more fruits and vegetables. Instead, we’re eating donuts. Lots of donuts.
