Health System-Owned Physician Practices: Are Any Losses Acceptable?
Health systems that own physician practices should fully address losses those practices incur and take steps to remediate the issues underlying those losses.
Optimizing Capital Structure Decisions Under the New Tax Law
A roundtable discussion about 2017 tax law changes and strategies for optimizing capital structure.
July 16-20: Congress to Examine Stark Law Modifications; Verma Pledges Changes
July 12—As Congress gears up to examine statutory changes to the Stark Law next week, the Trump administration is planning to implement changes on an administrative basis.
Ask the Experts: Reporting Fraud
What types of systems are most hospitals using to allow employees to report fraud?
HIPAA Compliance Needs Improvement
While technology changes over the past 22 years have allowed increasingly skillful data breaches, we can expect even more dramatic developments in the next five years. Attention to potential breaches now—in all their various forms—will be essential to managing unforeseen future threats.
OCR Offers Guidance on Sharing Patient Behavioral Health
OCR has proposed deregulatory rulemaking to clarify when hospitals may share certain patient behavioral health information.
Yet One More Legal Attack by Republicans on the ACA
Arguing that the removal of the insurance mandate means Affordable Care Act is no longer a tax, the DOJ has now challenged its constitutionality in court. The author also discusses some of the likely outcomes, depending on the court’s decision.
Decoding MSPB: Trending Better Faster
Dale Schumacher and Fern Nerhood describe how trends in Medicare spending per beneficiary can affect hospital finances.
Making Decisions About Monetizing Social Media Data
Healthcare leaders confronted with the decision to monetize sharing of social media data should consider the impact on all stakeholders, the oath to “first do no harm,” and how technology is used and designed.
PHI Disclosure Management in the Business Office: Two Options for Greater Efficiency
Don Hardwick describes ways healthcare organizations can improve the process of releasing medical records to insurers.