Law & Malpractice

Which tech tools are must-haves? And how much are practices paying for all those tech goodies? Our annual survey of more than 1,300 practices has the answers.

From preparing for ICD-10 to participating in the EHR meaningful use incentive program, what’s the most difficult aspect of your daily work?

Are you waiting for EHR vendors to develop smartphone and iPad-friendly applications, so you can work from home, the hospital, or a coffee shop? Your wait may finally be ending, but there's much to know before taking your mobile EHR for a spin.

The Supreme Court Thursday morning upheld the 2010 healthcare law in a 5 to 4 decision. Here's how physicians are reacting.

Current EHRs resemble early automobiles - and they will also continue to become more reliable and useful as they mature.

Cost, lack of education, lack of certified EHRs cited as factors for halfhearted embrace of state, federal programs.

While the financial benefits of point-of-care dispensing may be appealing, the penalties of non-compliance must be avoided at all costs.

This week we discuss an issue more doctors need to address with their patients: appropriate Medicare and Medicaid pre-planning.

Before accepting an offer to become a medical director, there are several legal angles physicians should explore first.

Here are just two of the issues that have taken physician practice owners by surprise over the last 12 months.

In this webinar on patient portals, learn how they work and how they might benefit your medical practice.

Follow this three-step process if you become a victim of physician identity theft.

Incentive programs are great for EHR vendors, but are they always what's best for patients and physicians?

The earlier you recognize you are a victim of identity theft the better. Here are key warning signs to watch out for.

Although it seems obvious that physicians should be truthful in their advertisements, it’s not always clear what might be viewed as false, deceptive, or misleading.

More physicians are being disciplined by medical boards yet penalties are not as severe.

Before you decide to terminate a difficult patient - give him the benefit of the doubt and try these techniques to mend the breac

Got a patient who's abusing your staff, ignoring your advice, failing to pay his bill? When you realize it just isn't going to work, it's usually best to let the patient go. Here's how to do it correctly.

Want to have a presence in social media as a clinician? Follow the AMA's guidelines, which reflect common sense.

Here are some of the key ways to ensure physician identity theft doesn’t happen to you.

Get tips directly from CMS on how your medical practice can attest to Stage One rules for meaningful use as part of the agency's EHR Incentive Programs.

An EHR's impact on practice productivity can render meaningful use incentive payments irrelevant.

If you're looking for the best way to use social media profitably, safely, and without taking one day off a week to produce six full-length articles on Facebook, here’s some concise direction.

Medical identity theft is on the rise at physician practices. But if you arm yours with key tech tools, you’ll lower your likelihood of being a victim.

As convenient as text messaging may be, there are certain issues for healthcare providers to consider when using any communication method with patients. Here are seven to consider.

Whether you've decided to retire, relocate, or retreat from practice, you can reduce the pain for your patients and staff by following these five guidelines.

Here are some key issues for either physicians on their way to starting up their own medical practice, or current owners seeking ways to refine their current office.

Judging by the extensive comments that have come in since CMS posted the Stage 2 proposal, stakeholders have plenty to say when it comes to how the rule will affect physician practices.

What you do online matters - and medical boards are paying attention.