Starting a Medical Practice? Consider These 4 Factors (Plus 1)
If you’re a doctor, dentist, or similar medical professional, and you’ve decided to open your own practice, you face a tsunami of choices, opportunities, and challenges. Whether [...]
If you’re a doctor, dentist, or similar medical professional, and you’ve decided to open your own practice, you face a tsunami of choices, opportunities, and challenges. Whether [...]
The Florida Department of Health has come under fire for its “COVID-19 Determination of Extreme Vulnerability” form, some claiming that it is a HIPAA violation. But is Florida’s vulnerable [...]
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights has entered into a settlement with the Excellus Health Plan, under which Excellus has agreed to pay [...]
A recent national study, conducted to determine the effect COVID-19 has had on doctors offices, has found that medical practices are in dire straits. The survey received 713 responses [...]
To clear up previously released guidance, the Office for Civil (OCR) released new guidance regarding contacting recovered COVID-19 patients for plasma donation. The OCR HIPAA guidance reinforces [...]
As more and more businesses reopen and make the transition back to the office, many employers are requiring COVID-19 testing. This has led many to ask, if testing [...]
In a Senate hearing held on June 17, Senators discussed the possibility of extending the emergency telehealth protocols once the coronavirus pandemic has passed. The Senate HELP Committee Chairman [...]
As many states move into Phase II of reopening, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has released new guidance for non-emergency care. The CMS guidance provides insight [...]
Since the coronavirus pandemic, access to telehealth has increased dramatically. The expansion of telehealth availability has led to improved access to medical care for communities that previously had limited [...]
On June 12, 2020, the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) issued guidance on whether or not a healthcare provider may use [...]