The Beginning of the End
Share this page: Recently, Gage, a former employee of mine and current chiropractic student, had his white coat ceremony. It brought to mind the feelings I had when I first stepped in to intern clinic some 30 years ago. It is exciting, frustrating, overwhelming, and...
Joined at the HIPAA: HHS and OCR Get Serious with Phase 2
Got $1.5 million to spare? That’s how much a Massachusetts eye and ear practice just had to pay the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) in order to settle potential violations of the HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules after a personal laptop was stolen...
Joined at the HIPAA: HHS and OCR Get Serious with Phase 2
Holy HIPAA, Batman! The Office of Civil Rights (OCR) announced their “official” launch of Phase 2 of their program this spring, and no one is immune—not even me. I recently received my own pre-audit email. Since it’s only a matter of time before you will likely...
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Why is the Discount Challenge prize amount $15,024? Because that is the average “per-occurrence” fine for Medicare inducements. That’s not $15,024 per patient, that’s not per provider, that’s PER VISIT. Stinks, doesn’t it? To us, the prize amount is worth the investment if we can help our profession better understand proper discounting.