By Mike O’Brien bio
Here is my periodic update prepared for interested HR professionals trying to deal with the complex American employment laws…
INSIGHT
Employment Law Update for HR Managers
August 4, 2017 by
COMPLIANCE
OIG Report: CMS dished out $729.4 million in wrongful EHR incentive payments & we’re going to get that money back
July 28, 2017 by
Wrongful payments of Electronic Health Records (EHR) incentives are at the focus of two of the month’s biggest stories in health care compliance. The first came down on May 31 when the…
INSIGHT
Are you sure you don’t have to pay staff overtime?
July 7, 2017 by
By Nick Hernandez bio
It is a recurrent challenge for human resource professionals: Determining whether an employee is exempt from the overtime requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The FLSA is…
YOUR CAREER
Are you “aggressive” or “assertive”? Take this quick self-evaluation and find out
July 7, 2017 by
To manage people, a manager has to be assertive.
But be aware that there’s a strong difference between being assertive and…
INSIGHT
Here’s my latest Employment Law update prepared for many HR professionals
June 30, 2017 by
By Mike O’Brien bio
Lots of ADA Facility Lawsuits in Utah: Here is an interesting legal news update from my partner Mike Judd: Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) requires places of…
BILLINGS AND COLLECTIONS
5 ways for healthcare providers to get ready for new Medicare cards
June 23, 2017 by
Medicare is taking steps to remove Social Security numbers from Medicare cards. Through this initiative the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will prevent…
COMPLIANCE
5 tested ways to make your billing and coding more profitable
June 16, 2017 by
The health of your medical practice depends on good quality coding and billing work. One of the most important roles in the medical office that…
PHYSICIANS IN THE NEWS
Pain clinic agrees to pay $1.78 million to settle whistleblower lawsuit
June 16, 2017 by
Ross Feller Casey, LLP, recently announced that the Atlantic Spine & Joint Institute and its owners, Robert C. McGrath, Sr., D.O., and Robert C. McGrath, Jr., have agreed to pay…
TECHNOLOGY
Six HIPAA violations you may be missing
June 9, 2017 by
Is your practice HIPAA compliant? Are you sure? Most health-care providers take very seriously this federal mandate to protect patient privacy—at least in theory. In practice, however, lots of things get…
INSIGHT
This way to the exit: How exit interviews support your management
June 2, 2017 by
By Paul Edwards bio
Does your practice use exit interviews safely and beneficially? Small practices do not need to conduct these interviews in person—in fact, you shouldn’t! However, making an attempt to gather…
