Compliance Checkup: Affirmative Action: Is your health care entity subject to affirmative action laws?
on August 27, 2019
Have you ever seen a section in a contract that reads something like this? "[Your company] shall abide by the equal employment opportunity and affirmative action requirements set forth in 41 C.F.R. Part 60-1.4(a), 41 C.F.R. Part 60-250.5(a) and Part 60-300.5(a), and 41 C.F.R. Part 60-741.5(a)."...
Compliance Checkup: Handling Reimbursement from Non-Contracted Payors
on August 6, 2019
I'd like to introduce you to my colleague, Nick Kopcho, the reimbursement guru of the Brouse Health Care Practice Group. He's been handling issues with insurance companies since the beginning of his career, and he's a guest author today to discuss a very important topic: getting paid....
Compliance Checkup: Mastering HIPAA Part 4 - Mailing Protected Health Information
on July 18, 2019
Hackers and electronic data breaches dominate news stories when it comes to HIPAA breaches. But have you thought about your practice or facility's vulnerabilities when sending protected health information in the mail? In one of many examples of a mailing gone wrong, an insurance company sent notices regarding treatment of its members to the wrong addresses and the insurance company had to take remedial measures under an agreement with the Office of Civil Rights (OCR) in 2018....
Compliance Checkup: Have You Updated Your Operating Agreements In Response to the Revised Partnership Audit Rules?
on July 2, 2019
I'd like to introduce you to my colleague, Libby Yeargin, the Co-Chair of the Corporate & Securities Practice Group at Brouse McDowell. By day, she enjoys serving as outside general counsel and trusted advisor to businesses of varying size, scope and industry. By night, she's the master at escape rooms, having successfully solved nearly every escape room in Northeast Ohio. Ask her about that sometime and maybe she will share her secrets! Today she's a guest author for Compliance Checkup to tell you about the revised partnership audit rules for limited liability companies (LLCs). If your organization is an LLC, be sure to read on!...
Compliance Checkup: Mastering HIPAA Part 3 - Sending Electronic Protected Health Information
on June 18, 2019
The regulations and guidance on sending Protected Health Information (PHI) via mail or electronically can be confusing as to the requirements versus best practices. To make matters worse, a lot of information about this topic is wrong or incorrectly interprets the regulations. So let's clear this up once and for all (…at least until new guidance or regulations are published!). Read on for the requirements and the best practices for sending a patient's PHI electronically, and stay tuned for the second part of this article about mailing PHI....