Dec 20, 2016 | Buying/Selling a Practice, Dental Practices, Employment Contracts, General, Law, Medical Practices, Partnership/Operating Agreements
If you have your own practice, there are certain areas that are pertinent to running your practice in an efficient manner. You should be aware of these areas and if not, you should be on the lookout for next year. HIPAA Now that hospitals and larger medical facilities...
Nov 22, 2016 | General, Law, Medical Practices
If you are a healthcare practitioner who falls under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) as a covered entity, you must follow HIPAA rules and regulations when you contract with an outside third party vendor to help you with your practice....
Oct 21, 2016 | General, Law, Medical Practices, Partnership/Operating Agreements
There are many reasons for dismissing a patient from your practice. This may involve a patient that has been with you for many years or not that long, but someone who you feel is disruptive; or there has been a breakdown in communication; or it is just not in the best...
Sep 14, 2016 | Law, Medical Practices
Practitioners and their support staff have become very familiar with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) over the years, but as a recent ruling shows, the law continues to evolve. In the October 2015 decision in Soto et al. v. The City of...
Jul 13, 2016 | Law, Medical Practices
Earlier this year, the New York Court of Appeals—the state’s highest court—ruled that physicians and healthcare practitioners could be found liable to third parties. In Davis v. South Nassau Communities Hospital, 2015 N.Y. Slip Op. 09229 (December 16, 2015), the court...
Jun 13, 2016 | Law, Medical Practices
From a legal perspective, cybersecurity means that all confidential information, including patient health information (PHI), in a healthcare provider’s database or server is protected, confidential, and completely compliant with the Health Insurance Portability and...
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