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Overtime rule

Clear Staff Confusion About New Overtime Rule With 3 Tips

The Department of Labor’s new overtime rule took effect on July 1, and even though your practice had some time to prepare for it, your staff members may still be confused about the ramifications and the effect it’s had on them. Check out three essential ways you can ease staff confusion about the implications surrounding […]
Published Date: July 2, 2024
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Emotional support animals

7 Tips for Creating Your Emotional Support Animal Policy

You’re likely familiar with the federal regulations about service animals, which are animals (typically dogs) trained to perform tasks to benefit a person with a disability. Emotional support animals, however, are not covered under the Americans With Disabilities Act, and aren’t specially trained to assist disabled people. In addition, they can be any type or […]
Published Date: June 25, 2024
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Insurance audit

8 Tips Help Build Your Practice’s Insurance Audit Response Plan

An insurance audit isn’t something you should ever take lightly. Therefore, it’s vital to respond appropriately if you do get news that an audit is hitting your practice. Consider these eight tips so you can respond compliantly if your practice gets an insurance audit letter. 1. Read the Insurance Audit Letter Carefully Some practices skim […]
Published Date: June 9, 2024
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Non compete ban

Who’s Exempt From Non-Compete Ban? The Surprising Answer

As most practices are now aware, the government will start banning non-compete agreements in September, assuming current litigation doesn’t affect the implementation date. If you’re furiously working to notify staff members that their non-competes will no longer be in effect, keep in mind that some of your employees may still be subject to them. Why? […]
Published Date: May 27, 2024
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Overtime rule

3 Facts Help Medical Practices Prep for the New Overtime Rule

A new employment overtime rule will require you to modify how you pay some of your full-time salaried employees, or you could end up facing expensive and time-consuming investigations into your labor compliance. To ensure your practice is ready for compliance with the upcoming overtime rule, check out three facts about the law. 1. The […]
Published Date: April 22, 2024
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Sunshine act

Are You Subject to Sunshine Act Reporting Rules? 4 Ways to Tell

Under the Sunshine Act, vendors must post the names of every provider they have a financial relationship with — and this means even accepting lunch from a drug rep will land your name on the Open Payments list. If you find out your name is listed inaccurately, you can dispute it. The problem is that […]
Published Date: April 16, 2024
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fincen

Include These Details in Your FinCEN Reports to Avoid Big Fines

Whether you’re familiar with the Corporate Transparency Act or not, your practice may be required to comply with the new Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) reporting regulations, which went into effect on January 1, 2024. If your practice is required to report and doesn’t, you could face daily penalties of $500 — a fee that […]
Published Date: February 5, 2024
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Medical records request

How Many Records Can Auditors Request? You May Be Surprised

It happens almost every day: Practices already stretched thin with their existing responsibilities are asked to send hundreds of medical records to auditors for “review.” The additional work and stress from the medical records request pushes practices to their limits and seems excessive to most practice managers. What recourse do you have for these voluminous […]
Published Date: January 8, 2024
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Physician contracts

4 Tips for New Stark Provisions Affecting Physician Contracts

It’s more important than ever to create your physician contracts to the letter of the law. A brand-new OIG ruling released in November could muddy the waters if you aren’t on top of the rules, and penalties could be huge if you are in violation of the Stark and anti-kickback laws. Check out a few […]
Published Date: December 27, 2023
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Compliance program

Does Your Compliance Program Meet the New OIG Guidelines?

When the OIG released its updated healthcare compliance program guidelines in November, it became clear that if you don’t have a well-designed program, you could be in violation of the regulations. Your best bet is to familiarize yourself with every detail of the new compliance program guidance so you enter 2024 with your i’s dotted […]
Published Date: December 26, 2023
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