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Legal Liability During the COVID-19 Pandemic – What Do We Know?

August 1, 2021October 18, 2021 Doug Stephan applicable exception, business owner, care facility, Care professional, care provider, causation, COVID-19, COVID-19 case, COVID-19 death, COVID-19 immunity protection, COVID-19 pandemic, COVID-19 vaccination, COVID-19 vaccine, Delta variant, Delta variant spread, Dittert, employee, employee of long-term care facility, employer, essential worker, federal bill, federal medicare, frontline worker, great risk of severe illness, healthcare, healthcare provider, HEROES-RECOVER, home case, immunity, infection, injury, Jamie W., Kentucky, Kentucky constitution, Kentucky law, lawsuit, liability, liability immunity, litigation, long term care facility, long-term care provider, low vaccination rate, mandatory vaccine, negligence, negligence litigation, nurse home, nurse home case, one-third of U.S. COVID-19 death, pandemic circumstance, plaintiff, provider, staff vaccination, standard of care, statute, study of health care worker, U.S. count, U.S. COVID-19, U.S. COVID-19 death, underlie health condition, universal staff vaccination, urge national COVID-19 civil liability immunity, vaccinated people, vaccination, vaccination mandate, vaccine, virus, W.

As of summer 2021, the U.S. counts over 35 million COVID-19 cases and more than 616,000 deaths. Nearly one-third of

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The COVID-19 Vaccine: Challenges, Opportunities, and What Employers Should Know

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After a long and difficult year dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic, 2021 began with the positive news of effective coronavirus

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First in the Fight

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CYNTHIANA On January 21, the first confirmed case in the United States of COVID-19 was reported in the state of

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Compliance is Crucial

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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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