In a recent article in Health Value Digest, Tiffany Hetland explored two items a hospital should have on its checklist when acquiring a physician practice: a billing and coding audit and a review of documentation practices. The article is below.
Hospital acquisitions of physician practices have been on the rise for some time. At…
Are you wondering how much to pay your pediatric cardiologist? Or perhaps whether the compensation another pediatric subspecialty is demanding is justifiable? A recent article in the In-House Counselor, a publication of the American Health Lawyers Association, may provide guidance.
The article, which was written by Tom Schnack of Seim Johnson and was edited by…
Remember the paper-based world when junk mail was clearly junk? When we could easily identify the important mail? When there was no middle ground? When we were not afraid to throw anything away? Deborah Juhnke, Director of Information Governance Consulting at Husch Blackwell, reminds us that when it comes to information governance, at some…
Law360 recently quoted Husch Blackwell attorney Don Mizerk in an article about the FDA’s new request for comments. In the announcement, the FDA established a public docket to receive suggestions for ways to improve the quality of abbreviated new drug applications (ANDAs) and for the FDA to learn about difficulties sponsors are having with…
The head of ICU at the Stony Brook University Hospital on Long Island wants to change how medical professionals respond to cardiac arrest.
The Guardian is reporting that the British-trained physician, Sam Parnia, M.D., specializes in resurrection. His patients can be dead for several hours before he is able to resuscitate them and restore them…
