How Will Medicare & Medicaid Handle Telemedicine?
Telemedicine is the wave of the future for health care. The use of technology for health concerns has risen in [...]
Avoiding Stark Law Violations and Penalties
Under Stark law, doctors are prevented from making self-referrals. More precisely, physicians are restricted from referring Medicare and Medicaid patients [...]
Managing Credential Renewals
Health care practice administrators often receive frustrating communications from insurance companies. The last-minute requests for credentialing renewals can be especially [...]
10 Mistakes That Can Result in Medical Malpractice
Despite the fact that most doctors and their staff use good judgement when it comes to patient care, there are [...]
EHR Incentives and Certifications – Attaining Meaningful Use
In 2009, legislation authorized the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid (CMS) to offer health care providers financial incentives to use [...]
HIPAA-Compliant Texting for Medical Professionals
Like everyone else, physicians and health-care professionals have taken to texting in a big way. Results of a recent study [...]
Situations When Physicians Will Need a Lawyer
To a lot of people, physicians and lawyers do not go together. But the truth is that physicians are more [...]
Rewards Exception to Beneficiary Inducement CMPL
The Office of the Inspector General of the US Department of Health and Human Services recently passed a regulation providing [...]
Changes to FDA Regulation of Health-Related Apps
On July 27th of this year, the FDA announced its Digital Health Innovation Action Plan, which is intended to speed [...]
MACRA: Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Explained
In 2015, the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act was passed, and by 2019, healthcare providers will begin to see [...]