Most health care facility licenses in Florida are issued by the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA). This includes, but is not limited to, licenses for hospitals, home medical equipment, nursing homes,...more
Florida has adopted new requirements for hospital emergency departments (EDs) as part of the broader ‘Live Healthy’ legislative package. Effective July 1, 2025, all hospitals with an ED must submit a “nonemergent care access...more
Under its exclusion authority, the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) has the power to exclude certain individuals and entities from receiving compensation from federally funded health...more
Florida has a new law as of July 1, 2023 relating to the storage of certain health records. The newly enacted Florida Statutes section 408.051 creates the “Florida Electronic Health Records Exchange Act.” The Act states in...more
Health and Human Services (HHS) has released a report that details findings about the state of hospital cyber systems across the United States. In connection with a recent Ponemon Institute report on the cost and impact on...more
What does this mean for you? Should you stop providing goods and services? Should you call and ask for the money?
If the customer owes you a substantial amount for your services and has told you that they have no assets,...more
Hospital systems and other health care providers often desire to assist their patients who are burdened with bills that the patients cannot pay or to alleviate other access challenges. In the past few months, the Department...more
On February 28, President Biden announced that the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) will be issuing new regulations for nursing homes. HHS will be issuing regulations through the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid...more
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As we approach the Holiday Season, we all know that this is the time when gifts are exchanged. For health care providers, it can be a season of risk. Gifts to referral sources can be a problem, and leaders and compliance...more
As of January 1, 2021, almost all hospitals in the United States will have to comply with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Hospital Price Transparency Rule. Additionally, the government has been open about...more
The Affordable Care Act of 2010 required that hospitals annually establish and make public a list of its “standard charges.” Health and Human Services (HHS) historically allowed hospitals to comply by posting their charge...more
Many of us are thrilled to celebrate the holidays and to share with others our excitement that the crazy year of 2020 is almost complete!
However, there are risks for health care providers giving gifts to patients,...more
As more people go online to research products and services, online reputation management has become increasingly relevant for physicians and clinicians. Online reputation management often involves addressing reviews on sites...more