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Daphne L. Kackloudis is a member of the firm, she heads BMD Columbus’ health care practice, and she chairs BMD’s Empowerment and Opportunity (DE&I) Committee. Daphne’s success –and that of her clients – is rooted in the nexus between traditional health care legal services and health care public policy. She has broad and deep experience in health care operations, service delivery, payment systems, and compliance, as well as Medicaid, public policy, and government affairs. Daphne advises health care trade associations and health care providers as outside counsel and in-house as a member of her clients’ senior leadership teams.
Training Sessions by Daphne Kackloudis
- Jan 8, 2025 - 1:00 ET
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 […]
Learn More - Dec 17, 2024 - 1:00 ET
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 […]
Learn More 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 […]
Learn MoreWriting 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 […]
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