Daphne Kackloudis
Esq.

Failing to follow medical records destruction rules can cost you up to $50,000 per violation. Recent changes by the Supreme Court now require you to keep records for 10 years instead of 6, unless your state demands more. This means you need to update how you manage, store, and destroy records to avoid hefty HIPAA penalties. Both paper and digital […]

When your payer denials skyrocket, your reimbursements get cut (again), your inbox is flooded with excessive record requests, and your payments are continuously delayed, sometimes your best option is to terminate a payer contract. Even though dropping a payer might seem straightforward, the minefield that follows can be a legal and regulatory nerve-racking. Don’t risk your providers and practice by […]

Terminating a physician-patient relationship is fraught with dangers that can land you in serious legal and financial hot water. When you “fire” a patient, they can easily feel neglected, discarded, and discriminated against. This is what typically drives a patient to accuse you of abandonment. And if this happens, you can count on ending up in a legal and financial nightmare […]

Writing off patient copays and offering colleagues professional courtesy discounts can quickly make you an OIG target.  The problem is that both federal and state professional courtesy and patient hardship discounting laws are complex and confusing, and there are about a million ways to violate them. Sure, there are legitimate reasons for you to waive patient copays or write off […]