Collection Issues

• Know Your Rights Under New Jersey’s Prompt Payment Law
• New Jersey Law: Providers Can Resubmit Claims after 180 Days Under Certain Circumstances

Corporate Compliance/Risk Management

• The Value of an Attorney on the Audit Team
• Corporate Compliance Can Be a Market Differentiator For Health Care Providers
• Office of the Inspector General Affirms Significant Value of Corporate Compliance Programs
• Why Play Roulette With The OIG?
• Whistleblower, Whistleblower — Under What Circumstances Art Thou Protected?
• Make Your First Corporate Compliance Audit Meetings Successful With These Tips
• CASE STUDY: Compliance/RM Program Impact on SNF’s Insurance Premium
• Violations of Compliance Laws and Regulations: To Disclose or Not Disclose?
• Protecting the Board of Directors: Directors and Officers’ Liability Insurance V. A Corporate Compliance Program
• Satisfying The Office of the Inspector General: Inside or Outside Auditors

Employment and Labor

• Employees Returning From Military Leave Have Rights to their Former Jobs
• Americans With Disabilities Act, Family Medical Leave Act and Workers Compensation Laws Overlap
• To Record or Not to Record? What to Do About Employee Telephone Calls
• The end of the (consensual) affair: Rejected employee cannot sue for sexual discrimination and harassment
• A Case Study: Hostile Work Environment: Rumors Do Not Count
• Case Study: Family Medical Leave Act: You Be The Judge
• Are arbitration provisions in employment contracts enforceable?
• Healthcare Provider is Sexually Assaulted by a Patient – Is the Employer Liable?
• Follow three steps to prevent lawsuits
• Employees Addicted to Cybersex Put Employers at Risk
• Voice Print Analysis Used to Track Obscene Phone Messages at Work
• Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA): Overtime Requirements
• Can Whistleblowers Be Fired?
• Male Physician Fired For Wearing Woman’s Clothes
• For the record: When must you pay wages of terminated employees?
• Did Prayer Breaks and Diet Play a Part?
• Propositioned By Patient
• Why you should add arbitration agreements to your employment contracts
• I Wouldn’t Bet On It!
• Employer loses sexual harassment case because policies were not clear
• Under What Circumstances Must Overtime Be Paid?
• ARBITRATION: What Employers Need to Know
• Why hiring excluded providers is unhealthy for your practice
• Exception to the Rule: Hiring Excluded Employees
• Gender Discrimination: Do Women Make the Best Directors of Nurses?
• Anti-Harassment Programs Must Go Beyond Sexual Harassment to Minimize Liability
• To Tell or Not to Tell?
• Why Should I Have An Employee Handbook?
• Reasonable Self-Policing Expected to Prevent the Sexual Harassment of Employees
• Sexual Harassment Over The Internet – Is an Employer Liable?
• Is this Sexual Harassment?
• Refusing to speak English . . . justified termination?

HIPAA

• Analyzing Employees’ Roles Helps Determine Amount of Protected Health Information to Disclose
• Are your clearinghouses ready for HIPAA compliance?
• Does every fax need a cover sheet?
• Does Our Facility Need a Privacy Officer in Addition to a Fraud and Abuse Compliance Officer?
• Effective Compliance With HIPAA Requires More Than Initial Training
• Health Insurance Portability and Accountablity Act
• HIPAA Disclosures – “Emergencies” are Exceptions to Privacy Requirements
• HIPAA Patient Privacy
• How Do You Protect Patient Privacy While Preventing Contagious Diseases from Spreading?
• How To Minimize The Risks Of Leaving Protected Health Information In Telephone Messages
• Just How Bad Is It To Sell Patient Privacy?
• Privacy Officer Role
• Privacy, Security and Compliance Officers: Who’s Responsible for What?
• Suspended for HIPAA Violation
• Where Do You Begin – The Need to Identify Individually Identifiable Health Information

In The News

• Fraud Doesn’t Pay
• Medical Records Subpoenas
• New Jersey Healthcare Transport Firm – Fraud Results in Prison
• Selling Your Practice

Law Suits

• Anatomy Of A Lawsuit
• Employers Face Unlimited Punitive Damages Plus Expanded Areas Of Liability For Whistleblowers
• Insurance Nonpayment Equates To Fraud
• Our Law Firm Handles Litigation and Transactions

Legal Briefs

• Hospital Visitors Are Liable for Injuries Suffered While Observing Procedures

Quality Assurance/Fraud and Abuse

• Almost Board Certified
• Avoid Risk of False Claims by Carefully Documenting All Items or Services Rendered
• But I Thought Only Medicare / Medicaid Were Interested In Fraud!
• Defending The Healthcare Provider Against Allegations Of Corporate Criminal Liability
• Disruptive Physicians May Cause Compliance Risk
• Former or Current Employees Pose Greater Risk to Providers than the Federal or State Governments
• Is it ever alright to make changes in the records of nursing home resident?
• Joint Ventures and Possible Kickback Concerns
• Real Situations What to do if… Your Business Manager Uncovers Fraudulent Upcoding
• Remember To Enter Into Contracts With Temporary Nursing Agencies
• Retaliatory Discharge
• Theft by Deception
• Transitioning from Employee to Partner
• What To Do Before Declaring Medicare “Bad Debt”

Quality of Care

• Quality Of Care Centered Corporate Compliance Program: The Best Defense Not Only Against The OIG, But Also Against A Patient’s Personal Injury Attorney
• Will the OIG use persistent pain as an indicator of substandard care?
• The Feds Make Quality of Care in Nursing Homes a Top Priority
• Inspector General Focuses On Quality of Patient Care At Nursing Homes