Category: Health Care Law

Healthcare Providers are seeing numerous benefits for forming an ACO (Accountable Care Organization) or joining an already existing one.

Competing with the likes of WebMD and Wikipedia may seem like a daunting task for any physician, but there is a simple way to join the online conversation. Engage in social media.

From time to time, circumstances arise which make it difficult, and even impracticable, for a health care provider to continue to render effective treatment to certain patients. Herein, we explain legitimate reasons for dismissing a patient and how to go about it.

Health Information Exchange (HIE) technology is a primary focal point of the HITECH Act of 2009, legislation driven by a policy to promote provider access to pertinent patient health information through the use of computers, the internet, and related technology.

The number one way to protect PHI? Encryption. This means that text is encoded and therefore “disguised” unless your device or computer has the code to read it. It is absolutely imperative to have encryption in place anytime a mobile device is used for PHI.

The implementation date for ICD-10 has been pushed back for the last time. On October 1, 2014, the new set of codes will go into effect. ICD-10 codes will provide room for growth as healthcare continues to evolve, new procedures are developed, and new conditions are discovered.

Concierge medicine goes by many names: direct care, retainer medicine, boutique practices, and private doctors. There are several things that must be considered when changing from a traditional practice to one that is focused on concierge medicine.

In 2000, the Journal of the American Medical Association showed a direct correlation between receiving gifts and writing prescriptions.

There are two types of Wellness Plans: Participation Only Programs and Standards-Based Programs. Both types have the same goal of helping employees be as healthy as possible; however, the way they go about it is very different.