HealthCare Compliance Network
Client Highlight: Sunny Days Sunshine Center
We recently sat down with K. David Holmes, Consulting Chief Program Officer and Compliance Office for Sunny Days Sunshine Center, a large and prominent development center for children with autism spectrum disorder and other developmental delays, to talk about the...
Ensuring ADA Compliance and Accessibility for All Patients in Your Practice
In today's healthcare landscape, ensuring compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is crucial to providing inclusive and accessible services for all patients. Individuals with disabilities continue to lack equal access to routine preventative medical...
Navigating Increased Audits in the Behavioral Health Industry Post-COVID
In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the behavioral health industry finds itself under an intensified magnifying glass, with notable increased interest and activity from the Private Equity community and consolidation in the behavioral health space, it’s no...
Increasing Government Oversight Continues for Risk Adjustment (HCC) Coding Compliance
Risk Adjustment (HCC) coding compliance is quickly becoming the forefront of primary care across the nation as value-based care models continue to be implemented within the healthcare industry. With the added administrative burden placed upon providers and...
Will 2023 Finally Usher in the New HIPAA Regulations
Back on December 10, 2020, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Civil Rights (OCR) issued the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) with proposed changes to the Privacy Rule. The proposed modifications support individuals’ engagement in their...
Misconceptions About the Cost of Healthcare Compliance
I have been actively engaged in healthcare compliance for the last 25 years. Over that time, I have frequently heard the complaint that compliance is a costly nuisance. Why is it so expensive? Is there a way around it? Who pays for this unfunded mandate? I’ll let you...
Three Options for Medical Practices in Today’s Disruptive Financial Climate
The healthcare industry, and physician practices in particular, are experienced at weathering industry disruptors and a landscape that seems to be in perpetual change. However, the last few years have seen a notable increase in mergers and acquisitions, with all...
Cybersecurity: Does Your IT/Managed Service Provider Have Your Best Interest?
It has been a little over a year since the passage of the Cyber Incident Reporting for Critical Infrastructure Act (CIRCIA). Enactment of CIRCIA marks an important milestone in improving America’s cybersecurity by, among other things, requiring the Cybersecurity and...
The Importance of Full Threat Assessments
After surveying thousands of physician practices over the last thirty years, we are still surprised at how many calls we receive about what a Full Threat Assessment looks like. This is especially true of the ones that are required by insurance companies, as well as by...