As the new year continues, it is useful to review your practice’s processes and policies to ensure that the practice operates with efficiency and remains compliant with ever-changing healthcare regulations....more
3/4/2025
/ Best Practices ,
Billing ,
Compliance ,
Compliance Monitoring ,
Health Care Providers ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Healthcare ,
OIG ,
Policies and Procedures ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Risk Assessment
As the new year begins, it is useful to review your practice’s processes and policies to ensure that the practice operates with efficiency and remains compliant with ever-changing healthcare regulations....more
2/4/2025
/ Compliance ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Security ,
Electronic Protected Health Information (ePHI) ,
Health Care Providers ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Healthcare ,
Healthcare Workers ,
Privacy Laws ,
Risk Assessment
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) Privacy Rule regulations have been updated to impose additional requirements on covered entities to safeguard the privacy of reproductive health related...more
Although they are currently still in the minority, a growing number of states are enacting or proposing legislation that requires applicable parties to provide notice of pending health care transactions....more
On October 23, 2023, the Michigan State Medical Society (“MSMS”) penned a letter to Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel asking her to investigate what MSMS believes are widespread violations of Michigan’s prohibition on the...more
Appropriately so, providers look first to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, as amended (HIPAA), to ensure that they comply with regulations regarding patients’ protected health information...more
8/29/2023
/ Cybersecurity ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Electronic Protected Health Information (ePHI) ,
Health Care Providers ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Healthcare ,
HIPAA Breach Notification Rule ,
Mobile Health Apps ,
PHI ,
Popular
As announced by the White House on January 30, 2023, the public health emergency (PHE) is set to end on May 11, 2023. The end of the PHE also brings an end to several flexibilities that were implemented that impact telehealth...more
4/26/2023
/ Controlled Substances ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
DEA ,
FQHC ,
Health Care Providers ,
Health Insurance ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Healthcare ,
Medicaid ,
Medicare ,
Patient Access ,
Prescription Drugs ,
Public Health Emergency ,
Rural Health Care Providers ,
Telehealth ,
Telemedicine
The Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) first declared the existence of a public health emergency (PHE) on January 31, 2020. The PHE allowed HHS to implement a number of regulatory waivers and...more
4/11/2023
/ Anti-Kickback Statute ,
Biden Administration ,
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ,
Certificate of Need ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Health Care Providers ,
Health Insurance ,
Healthcare ,
Infectious Diseases ,
Medicaid ,
Medicare ,
Public Health Emergency ,
Stark Law
Non-compete covenants have become a standard component in physician employment agreements. Hospitals and private practices view these non-competes as an essential tool to protect their investment in their business and their...more
The Stark Law and Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS) place significant restrictions on how providers and businesses can operate in the health care space. The existing restrictions are helpful in fighting fraud but also potentially...more