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Article Archive
Anti-Kickback, Stark, and Related Regulations
- Stark Law Compliance Relies on the Basics (November 2017)
- Auditing for Stark Law Compliance (May 2017)
- Video: Critical Steps Toward 501r Compliance (October 2016)
- Addressing Challenges Presented by Financial Assistance Rules (October 2016)
Antitrust Issues
- BCBS Case is a Lesson on Antitrust (May 2018)
- An Antitrust Primer (February 2015)
- M&A Basics: How to Avoid a Broken Deal (February 2015)
CDM, Charge Capture and Coding
- Human Trafficking: Hidden Problem, Hidden Costs (August 2018)
- Compliance Analytics: There’s Gold in the Data (August 2017)
- Two-Midnight Rule Redux (May 2016)
Employment Relations/Human Resources
- NLRB Reverses ‘Joint Employer’ Decision (February 2018)
- NLRB Asks for Public Input on 2014 Election Rule (February 2018)
- NLRB Expands ‘Joint-Employer’ Concept (November 2015)
- New NLRB Election Rule May Increase Union Activity (July 2015)
False Claims
- CMS and OIG Seek Input on Fraud Laws (October 2018)
- Healthcare Sector Awaits Regulatory Reform (April 2018)
- High Court Decides False Claims Act Case (August 2016)
- False Claims Act Penalties are Rising (August 2016)
Healthcare Compliance Programs
- DOJ Guidance on Compliance Effectiveness (April 2017)
- Separation of Compliance and Legal Functions Key to Effective Hospital Compliance Program (May 2015)
Healthcare Legal
- Addressing unclaimed property challenges (May 2019)
- 340B Ruling: Good News for Some, Maybe (February 2019)
- OIG’s Video Highlights a Busy Year (February 2019)
- Developing Policies that Address Medical Marijuana Use in Healthcare Facilities (January 2019)
- Survey Underscores Growing Importance of Compliance and Ethics Training (November 2017)
- Hospital Requirement to Provide Auxiliary Communication Aids Continues (July 2017)
- Legal Concerns in Telemedicine (February 2017)
- Taking a Systematic Approach to Hospital Policy Development (January 2017)
- Interstate Compact Eases Licensure, Improves Quality of Care (July 2016)
- Supreme Court to Hear Fraud Case (April 2016)
- Acting on the Signs and Solutions of Financial Distress (February 2016)
- HIPAA Breaches: Eight Lessons Learned (November 2015)
Healthcare Reform
- Managing the ACA’s Nondiscrimination Provisions (April 2017)
- DOJ Guidance on Compliance Effectiveness (April 2017)
Medicare Compliance, OIG
- MOON Form Approved (December 2016)
- Over the MOON about the NOTICE Act (November 2016)
- Avoiding and Managing CMS Audits (August 2015)
- Changes to Two-Midnight Rule Raise Concerns (July 2015)
- A Perfectly Legal Way to Help Patients Pick Higher-Quality Post-Acute Providers (April 2015)
Privacy, HIPAA, and Cybersecurity
- HIPAA Breaches Make News, Cost Money (November 2018)
- Patient Matching in the Era of EHRs (November 2018)
- HIPAA Compliance Needs Improvement (July 2018)
- OCR Offers Guidance on Patient Behavioral Health Disclosure (July 2018)
- New HIPAA Audits About to Begin (July 2016)
Social Media
- Unintended Consequences: Patient Privacy in the Age of Social Media (January 2018)
- MD Anderson Shares Positive Social Media Experiences (January 2018)
Tax-Exempt Status
- Another Hospital Loses a Tax Case (April 2018)
- Hospital’s Tax-Exempt Status Revoked for Lack of Community Health Needs Assessment (October 2017)
Whistleblower Laws
- Supreme Court Narrows Whistleblower Law (May 2018)
