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- December 29, 2022
Health Care Alert: New Year's Resolution #1 - Review Your Patient-Facing Web and App Platforms
Top of mind for health care providers in your 2023 plans should already be cybersecurity. Cybercrime is here whether we like it or not. In fact, the Office of Civil Rights (OCR), the enforcement agency of HIPAA laws, recognizes this too and is pushing providers to lock down their protected health information (PHI) on their patient-facing (or potential patient) web and mobile app platforms. - December 12, 2022
Ohio Supreme Court Issues Decision Impacting Business Interruption Coverage for Covid-19 Losses
In Neuro-Communication Servs., Inc. v. Cincinnati Ins. Co., the Ohio Supreme Court held that a property policy covering "direct loss", with loss defined as "accidental physical loss and accidental physical damage" required that damage to covered property be "physical in nature". - November 14, 2022
Health Care Alert: Three Important Issues for Providers to Consider When Offering Telehealth Services
As a result of the successful measures implemented in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, many states have expanded their telehealth laws to provide more satisfactory services to patients. Market research has shown that telehealth is effective at reducing the odds of no-show visits and that 94% of telehealth patients would use telehealth services again. - October 20, 2022
Trusts and Estates Alert: National Estate Planning Awareness Week
It is the time of year when we highlight the importance of estate planning during National Estate Planning Awareness Week (October 17, 2022-October 21, 2022)! - October 4, 2022
Health Care Alert: Proposed 2023 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule – Provider Bottom Lines Meet Government Reimbursement Limitations
An 8.5% payment reduction. That's the proposal in the 2023 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS). Although this headline looks like another repurposed headline from the last 20 years in history, this one is causing some medical practices to reconsider whether Medicare— which often ranges between 30-50% of a practice's payor mix— is worth leaving unrestrained. - July 15, 2022
Employment Alert: EEOC Shifts the Ground Rules for Employers Which Require Covid Testing
On Tuesday, the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), without a lot of fanfare, revised its ongoing Covid "Guidance" Document to announce a fundamental shift in position with respect to employers who may still be requiring testing in responding to employees, or applicant for employment. If Covid testing continues as part of your internal HR policies, you should continue reading. - May 19, 2022
Employment Alert: A Scary Cautionary Tale About I-9 Forms
In 1986, the federal government instituted a program requiring employers to check on the immigration status of all applicants before employing them. To accomplish this, the government promulgated the "I-9 Form," which calls for the presentation to, and review by, employers of various documents pertaining to the individual. Unlike many other federal employment regulations, this one applies to all employers, regardless of size. - February 1, 2022
Health Care Client Alert: Private Duty Nursing, Windshield Time, and Wage and Hour Issues: The Russian Roulette No Employer Wants to Play
For health care providers offering private duty nursing services, reimbursement can be a tricky maze. Reimbursement is generally made on a time-based methodology and individuals providing care to patients or clients are paid when they are providing such direct services. By providing care in clients' homes, direct care employees spend a substantial amount of time travelling in between each episode of care delivery. - January 3, 2022
Health Care Client Alert: Dear New Year, Please Keep My Health Care Business from Breaches
Happy New Year! As we begin a new start, you may have a long list of business resolutions since health care businesses are juggling many mission-critical issues—even sans patient care needs. Cybersecurity should always be a top priority. A health care business without its diagnostic, medical records and clinical tools is nearly unusable.