More and more physicians are opting to leave private practice (or to skip it altogether) for the perceived job security and hopefully steady paycheck of hospital employment. According to a
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Healthcare Apps: Physicians Should Proceed with Caution
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Advancements in healthcare technology continue at an explosive pace and nowhere is this more evident than in the field of mobile healthcare applications. Technology giants such as Apple and Garmin…
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Office of Inspector General Work Plan Identifies Compliance Areas of Focus for Physicians
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Earlier this month, the Office of Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services (“OIG”), the agency charged with enforcement of key federal fraud and abuse laws, published…
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Does Your Practice Have a Leadership Succession Plan?
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Many medical groups have difficulty developing a succession plan for practice leadership. Some practices do not even have a formal governance structure in place (though they should), but even those…
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Understanding Medicare Overpayments
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Under the federal Affordable Care Act, physicians and other providers have only 60 days to refund overpayments to the Medicare program before they face potential liability under the False Claims…
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OIG Issues Favorable Advisory Opinion on Patient Assistance Charitable Foundation
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This week the Office of Inspector General (OIG) published Advisory Opinion 15-16 addressing a 501(c)(3) charitable foundation (the “Requestor”) that would seek donations from third parties (including drug manufacturers) and…
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New Medicare Dashboard Highlights Drug Spending
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Earlier this month, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services released a new tool designed to give providers and consumers insight into Medicare drug spending. The Medicare Drug Spending Dashboard, …
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OIG Issues Advisory Opinion Regarding Radiology Transcription Feeds
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This week, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) issued OIG Advisory Opinion No. 15-15 regarding a proposed arrangement in which a hospital would bill a radiology group for transcription of…
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Feds Extend Reporting Deadline of Employer Health Insurance Information
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The federal Affordable Care Act requires certain employers to provide employees with forms reporting offers of health coverage and coverage provided by the employer in 2015 by no later than …
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CMS Publishes Draft Plan for Quality Measurement in Support of Payment Reform
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has stated its intention to move at least 50% of Medicare payments from fee for service to alternative payment systems based on …
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