Physicians Beware of EMR Software Purchasing Assistance
If a clinical laboratory offers your physician’s practice financial assistance to acquire electronic medical record (EMR) software, listen to the sirens going off in your head and run the other way....
View ArticleStark Law Revisions Go into Effect
New anti-self-referral rules in the Stark law went into effect Oct. 1. Being unprepared or remaining ignorant of these revisions may cause some physician-hospital arrangements to fall out of...
View ArticleS.C. Hospital Faces $44.8M in Damages for Stark Violation
A federal jury ruled that Tuomey Healthcare System acted in violation of the Stark Law and may order the Sumter, S.C. hospital to pay as much as $44.8 million in damages. The lawsuit, brought forth by...
View ArticleGet Primed on Stark Law
By Mary Pat Whaley, CPC, FACMPE In health care, we are “blessed” with an abundance of rules, policies, standards, and laws. Three important regulations are the False Claims Act, Stark Law, and...
View ArticleCompliance Is Not a 4-letter Word
By David Lane, PhD, CHC, CPC, CAPPM “Compliance” often conjures up images of boring lectures, law enforcement, huge fines, scary “I’m from the government and I’m here to help” mentality, and worse. In...
View ArticleStark Law Violation Costs Intermountain Healthcare $25 Million
Intermountain Health Care Inc., the largest health system in Utah, agreed to pay the United States $25.5 million to settle Stark Statute and False Claims Act violation claims. The allegations are for...
View ArticleStay Focused on Stark and Anti-kickback Regulations
Since the expansion of new Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) regulations, which redefines who is considered a business associate by covered entities under the Health...
View ArticleCoders Can Pay for Coding Mistakes
Understand the risks if you miscode. By Michelle A. Dick When claims for provider services aren’t coded and billed properly, financial liability often falls on the provider. What happens when the coder...
View ArticleCoders Can Pay for Coding Mistakes
Understand the risks if you miscode. By Michelle A. Dick When claims for provider services aren’t coded and billed properly, financial liability often falls on the provider. What happens when the coder...
View ArticleCompliance Is Not a 4-letter Word
By David Lane, PhD, CHC, CPC, CAPPM “Compliance” often conjures up images of boring lectures, law enforcement, huge fines, scary “I’m from the government and I’m here to help” mentality, and worse. In...
View ArticleGet Primed on Stark Law
By Mary Pat Whaley, CPC, FACMPE In health care, we are “blessed” with an abundance of rules, policies, standards, and laws. Three important regulations are the False Claims Act, Stark Law, and...
View ArticleStark Law Violation Costs Intermountain Healthcare $25 Million
Intermountain Health Care Inc., the largest health system in Utah, agreed to pay the United States $25.5 million to settle Stark Statute and False Claims Act violation claims. The allegations are for...
View ArticleStay Focused on Stark and Anti-kickback Regulations
Since the expansion of new Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) regulations, which redefines who is considered a business associate by covered entities under the Health...
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