Tighter Enrollment Standards for Medical Equipment Suppliers
This article provides details about new regulations impacting medical equipment suppliers and the implications of the tighter enrollment standards. About…
More Health Care Executive and Board Accountability on the Way
Under the “Responsible Corporate Officer” doctrine, officers are subject to both criminal and civil liability for corporate violations of statutes…
How are ethics and regulations connected in the hospital setting?
This article addresses three questions: What are the ethical principles behind the ten major hospital regulatory categories? Can ethics and…
Disclose or Not Disclose: That is the Question
Our firm has been engaged to review claims and arrangements for a great many of hospitals. Invariably, we find errors,…
New Legal Exposure When You Fail to Repay Overpayments
The Fraud Enforcement Recovery Act (FERA) expands the federal government’s ability to investigate and prosecute financial fraud. This article discusses…
Scrutiny of Medical Errors Increases
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) implemented Medicare’s restriction on reimbursement for hospital-acquired conditions (HACs) that are not…
Hospitals Cannot Form Intent to Violate the Law
Executives might pay more attention to what they are doing if they knew they could be held liable. About the…