employee – MD Update

Compliance is Crucial

December 1, 2018February 15, 2019 William J. George, ESQ additional federal prosecutor, attainable compliance expectation, autonomy of a compliance program, cases.1, civil case involve healthcare provider, civil false claim act, claim act, compliance, compliance expectation, compliance initiative, compliance issue, compliance program, compliant manner, concise policy, contracted provider, culture of compliance, current legal enforcement environment, DOJ, effectiveness of an exist program, employee, enforcement, enforcement environment, false claim act, federal government, federal government 's recoupment, fentanyl-based, fentanyl-based opioid, fraudulent bill practice, government 's recoupment, government.2, government.3, healthcare, healthcare fraud, healthcare provider, healthcare provider 's financial good interest, healthcare provider 's strategic initiative, insurance company, insurance company 's special investigation unit, Insys, Insys therapeutics, J., large financial penalty, meaningful train, medical provider, Opioid, opioid crisis, opioid epidemic, opioid prescriber, opioid-related, opioid-related death, opioids, prescription interdiction task force, provider, qui tam suit, real-world compliance problem, recoupment, stagger success, stagger success of the federal government 's recoupment, therapeutics, type of lawsuit, use of the false claim act, William J.

In the current legal enforcement environment, it is crucial that healthcare providers prioritize compliance initiatives and programs in order to

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Identifying Revenue Leaks within the Medical Practice

October 1, 2017 Adam Shewmaker, FHFMA appropriate medical code, back-office responsibility necessary, bad debt collection agency, balance, balance amount, bill question, business office, cash, cash collection, cash post, chart documentation review, code audit, coder, compliance concern, cross-training, Dean Dorton, dedicated focus, employee, employee dread, employee dread take time, excellent staff, follow-up, high patient satisfaction, identify revenue leak, medical code, missed revenue, patient balance, patient balance amount, patient insurance, patient visit, payment, physician, physician inquiry, physician practice, potential collection, practice 's code habit, practice administrator, professional coder, profitable outcome, R follow-up, R., recent twelve month period, reimbursement, revenue cycle, routine medical code assessment, single cure, single point of data, small portion of the back-office responsibility necessary, staff concern, task, team member, underpayment, unique patient mix, work go

With reimbursement shifting towards quality care and patient outcomes, it’s necessary for medical practices to take a fresh look at

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Cultural Transformation: A Top-down Approach

August 1, 2017 Justin Harris administrator, American college of Healthcare executive, Ask, average hospital, Becker, Becker 's go, Becker 's hospital review, c-suite, C-Suite member, CEO, CEO candidate, CEO tenure, CEOs, comfortable seek care, community liaison, day-to-day operator, day-to-day operator of the organization, develop budget, director staff, employee, equity industry background, for-profit, for-profit sector, good EBITDA, handle case management, HCAHPS, healthcare, Healthcare executive, high percentage of turnover, high perform organization, long come, new CEOs, patient access, physician liaison, private equity industry background, responsibility, responsibility of the day-to-day operation, role of the C-Suite member, surgery number, sustainable growth rate, tenured administrator, tenured healthcare provider, top-down, top-down approach

The culture of an organization is the by-product of every single employee’s daily routine. Research states that to develop a

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Are You Prepared for a Department of Labor Audit?

February 1, 2017 Jeff Ricketts audit, change regulatory requirement, common compliance, common missed policy, complete reference check, compliance, compliance requirement, compliance strategy, criticality, criticality of the HR compliance function, department of labor audit, DOL, DOL audit, employee, employee file, employee handbook, facilitation of the hire process, facility compliance, file management file management issue, forgotten area, handbook, HIPAA, HIPAA compliance, hire manager, hire process organization, HR, HR compliance function, HR function, lactation accommodation, legal compliance, management of compensation, miss key hire document, multiple file process, overall compliance strategy, personnel manual, physical location, process organization, reference check, requirement

If you think you’re ready … think again! It is no secret that compliance requirements have been increasing over the

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Accountable Expense Reimbursement Plans

May 1, 2013 Matthew S. Smith accountable expense reimbursement plan, accountable plan, additional tax burden, adequate substantiation, alternative minimum tax, business expense, cell phone, CME, compensation, CPA, D., deductible business expense, deduction, employee, employer, employer payroll tax, employment contract, excess advance, expense, expense allowance arrangement, expense reimbursement, federal tax provision, guaranteed wage, Harvey, Harvey D., income tax, individual income tax return, L., payroll, physician, Porter Roberts, reimbursement, tax benefit, tax reduction, tax save, taxable compensation, type of plan, wage, worker 's compensation

January 1, 2013 was the effective date for numerous Federal tax provisions geared towards raising additional tax revenue. This article

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Human Resources

The Changing Employment Landscape

September 1, 2012 Betty Spohn, BA, MSLS, ED.D. (ABD) applicant, applicant selection process, background check, background check result, blanket criminal background check result, change employment landscape, computer while, criminal background check, defensible social medium policy, disability, EEOC, EEOC guideline, emerge workplace factor, employee, employee 's post, employer, employer 's asset, employer gain access, employer of the change, employment, employment landscape, employment law issue, fast-paced milieu, fast-paced milieu of the medical practice, FMLA, good screen tool, group interview of an office manager job candidate, guideline, hot employment law issue, human resource, issuance, issuance of new guideline, landscape, legislation, nature of the criminal activity, new guideline, personal computer while, personal twitter, perspective employee, practice 's position, procedure relative, recent landscape change, small practice, smart-phone, smart-phone technology, social medium, targeted assessment, use of criminal background check, workplace factor

Given the often intense and fast-paced milieu of the medical practice, it can be easy to lose focus on human

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Succession Planning – Why Now?

June 1, 2012 Seth Salomon 20 year old, business 's value, business owner, business stay, buy-out, buy-sell, buy-sell agreement state, case of a death, CDA personal disability quotient calculator, crude notion, day-to-day issue, death of a key executive, disability, disability quotient calculator, disabled owner, diversify asset, document key practice, elimination of market risk, employee, factor-in, factor-in company growth, family in-case, family in-case of a death, family member, high-value client, importance of succession plan, in-case, insurance, key employee, key executive, key person insurance, long-term plan challenge, overhead insurance, planned buy-out, portion of the business, reach retirement age, required capital, retirement, risk of a debilitate illness, S., smart-phones/applications, solid succession plan, stake of the business, succession, succession plan, way company owner

According to the Social Security Administration, 1 in 4 of today’s 20 year olds will become disabled before reaching retirement

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Is Retirement in Your Future?

June 1, 2012 Scott Neal age-weighted, assortment of choice, calculation, closely-held, complexity, contribution, cost of the plan, DB, DB plan, de, de rigueur, defined contribution, disqualification of an exist plan 's tax, employee, employer, exist plan 's tax, family 's future benefit, formal retirement plan, governmental coercion, individualized calculation, IRA, IRA contribution, old owner of a closely-held business, outside administrator, physician 's practice, plan 's tax, problem of terminology, profit share plan, qualified plan, qualified retirement plan rule, qualitative reason, question of need, real fiscal problem, required contribution, retirement, retirement plan, retirement plan rule, right retirement plan, scale of complexity, Scott Neal, side income, tax man cometh, tax-advantaged, tax-advantaged retirement plan, tax-deferred, tax-deferred growth, tax-deferred retirement plan, tax-deferred save, tax-saving, tax-saving incentive

Qualified retirement plan rules are changing once again. Later this summer, retirement plans must disclose to participants all the costs

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Frustrated with the Rising Cost of Health Insurance Coverage for Your Staff?

March 1, 2012 L. Porter Roberts, Jr $, amount of the credit, Anderson, average wage, Barr, calculation, CFE, coverage, CPA, employee, employee 's health, employer, employer health insurance premium, FTE, full-time, health insurance coverage, healthcare reform legislation, insurance, L., medical practice, mid-level, mid-level provider, mound of page of healthcare reform legislation, phase-out, physician-owners, Porter Roberts, premium, PSC, rise cost of health insurance coverage, Roberts, S., significant tax save, small employer health insurance premium, small employer provide health insurance coverage, tax credit, tax year, wage

LEXINGTON Buried in the mounds of pages of healthcare reform legislation is a tax credit available for certain small employers

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