On September 18, 2014 the U.S. Attorney’s office announced that MidwestNeurosurgeons, LLC and it’s owner Dr. Sonjay Fonn and DS Medical, LLC and it’s owner, Deborah Seeger, were indicted for allegedly violating the Medicare Anti-Kickback Statue. Their story is an […]
All dealers have experienced customers that complain about the equipment they purchased from you. Before you make a decision on how to respond, you will likely ask two questions: What is the right thing to do for the customer relationship? […]
A recent article in Modern Healthcare gives necessary attention to PhysicianOwned Distributorships, or “PODs,” which are companies owned by physicians that sell medical devices to hospitals and outpatient surgery centers. In many situations, the POD’s physician owners are the same […]
Has anyone ever advised you to read the fine print in a contract before you sign it? While this advice is always sound, if you are like most people, you don’t typically follow this advice. The print on the back […]
We’ve discussed businesses associates before and the need for hospitals, physicians, and other health care providers to have proper business associate agreements in place with third party vendors handling protected health information.
In today’s post, we want to highlight the recent […]
The U.S. House of Representatives have taken the first step towards providingrelief to health care providers from CMS rules. Under existing rules all hospitals, including critical-access hospitals and rural hospitals, must have a doctor or non-physician practitioner immediately available during […]
The Federal Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (“AHRQ”) has released a guide to decrease hospital readmissions while providing better care to adults in Medicaid. The Hospital Guide to Reducing Medicaid Readmissions has been released after a two-year study was […]
As owners or managers of a dealership, you deal with contracts every day – from the complicated financing agreement or IT services agreement to a simple purchase order. Even though all contracts have legal terms (many of you would say […]