Risk Management

Physicians, and two-income couples in particular, are increasingly relying on household employees to help manage their work-life demands.

Another look at the news.

You protect yourself against medical malpractice, but are you protected against medical board complaints?

The lack of useful claims data from payers can present a major stumbling block to taking on medical management and risk. Practices can get the information they need with a health analytics partner.

Ready or not, office holiday parties are back this year. These are some of the risks that practice owners and leaders should manage to help ensure a stress-free holiday and a positive transition to the New Year.

By making strategic yet affordable investments and undertaking specific basic measures, smaller practices can make great strides to strengthen their defenses.

In part seven of our look at medical malpractice risk we examine specific liability issues from recent media reports and about physicians and healthcare.

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While helpful, the increase in electronic patient information creates more opportunity for errors, omissions, or mistakes that can ultimately lead to an unintended patient outcome and subsequent evidence against a provider in a legal proceeding.

We continue our look at asset protection for physicians in the context of medical malpractice claims with a look at the causes of medical malpractice claims and thinking defensively about diagnosis and documentation.

Asset Protection for physicians logically includes concerns about medical malpractice liability. We continue our look at the facts about malpractice including the real risks, numbers and defense strategies involved.

Recent attacks encouraged new guidelines from the National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST).

Memorial Day begins the “100 Deadliest Days”.

Miscoding and fraudulent billing can destroy a medical practice. Use these tips to get robust oversight of your medical billing and coding in place.

Asset protection, insurance, compliance, and risk management.

Risks that threaten doctor’s financial solvency take many forms and require serious personal and professional risk management in multiple areas.

Now is a good time to step back and bring this fresh mindset to reassessing policies and procedures

Doctors face a variety or risks far beyond medical malpractice liability. We examine some of the predictable risks of spring and surprises from current headlines that can threaten physicians’ wealth.

Basic personal finance issues that can threaten your wealth including both external threats and risky behaviors to avoid.

Recurring versus reactive risks.

As 2021 begins, it presents both familiar risks and new challenges never experienced in the lifetimes of most Americans. We start the year by reviewing key measures to help you to manage and survive both.

Tactics to consider as you contemplate emerging risks and refine your COVID-19 response.

Complying with HIPAA and meeting meaningful use by creating a security risk analysis isn't as costly or time consuming as you think. Here are eight simple steps.

Asset protection and risk management for medical practice owners is becoming increasingly broad in scope due to both internal and external risks. The 2020 election, combined with the COVID-19 pandemic, adds layers to this complexity in areas ranging from physical security to employment law.

When managed effectively—and supported by ample collaboration and data exchange—risk-based models promote better business results for practices by achieving better outcomes for patients.

Make sure email is a part of your cybersecurity strategy.

Two hot-topic developments in cybersecurity and government procurement.

Working from home can lead to casual conduct, posing compliance risks for your organization.

For practices that have been slow to adopt new technologies, the stakes are much greater as the urgency to get up to speed is intensifying.

Apply lessons from this discipline to create safer care environments for your patients.