New Stark Law Changes
What are the key reasons for the current AKS safe harbors and Stark law exemptions? The new Final Rules are guided by three key factors: (1) coordinating patient care; (2) eliminating barriers to implementing value-based services, which concentrate on improving care...
3 Tips for Managing Compliance as a Travel Nurse
Travel nurses are critical parts of the healthcare field. Healthcare needs are in constant flux, and in an industry, as overloaded as ours, having a set of professionals that can move from areas of low-urgency to high-urgency is essential. But because of the nature of...
Top Compliance Issues for Health and Leave Benefits in 2021
The year has faced many changes and uncertainties that have seen policy writers go to the drawing board to formulate policies and answer health and leave benefits compliance issues. Some of the compliance issues that organizations will have to address in these two...
Are Healthcare Compliance Programs Necessary?
The healthcare compliance program is a mandatory requirement found in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA). A Healthcare provider should apply for the compliance program to enroll as a Medicare provider. For organizations operating in healthcare,...
Colleges Asking Students to Sign Waivers and Consent Agreements
While we were sure that education would change forever as a result of COVID-19, colleges are now taking a drastic step. Students who wish to return to campus this fall will be asked to sign a form, releasing the college from all liability if the student contracts the...
The Key Things Health Care Providers Need to Know About COVID-19 – Ensuring Compliance with Agency Measures
Once the coronavirus diseases 2019, otherwise abbreviated as “COVID-19” was declared a pandemic, every healthcare system was affected. In the U.S, President Trump considered it a national emergency hence giving an okay for certain implementations to be conducted by...
What is Healthcare Law?
The healthcare industry has complexities and regulations. Healthcare law regulates how medical services are provided. The law governs the relationship between healthcare givers and receivers. Healthcare law is concerned about who pays for and who receives healthcare...
The Changing Nature of Healthcare Compliance amidst COVID-19
Hospitals in many American cities anticipated unprecedented surges in incoming patients due to the fears surrounding the COVID-19 outbreak that began in China and spread throughout the world rapidly in early 2020. Some hospitals were harder hit than others....
Elements of Successful Compliance Program
Healthcare workers and the organizations that employ them are responsible for complying to government regulations to ensure everyone receives equal and competent care. However, unless there's a formal compliance program in place, the responsibilities for each...
Trends in Private Healthcare and COVID-19
COVID-19 Has Made Changes To Private Healthcare The novel coronavirus of 2019 made some huge changes to the world. No one had any immunity to this virus, and it tore through communities in China, Europe and North America. The healthcare world was hit...