The Massachusetts Health and Hospital Association recently convened its Healthcare Legal Compliance Forum to update members on key areas of regulatory change, compliance and...

A patient comes in for knee surgery. The surgery is performed at the in-network hospital by an in-net-work orthopedic surgeon – meaning both the hospital and the surgeon are...

With the healthcare industry preparing for provisions of the No Surprises Act to take effect on Jan. 1, 2022, the year-end crunch is getting crunchier. The law aims to increase...

It’s a complicated law that aims to simplify. The No Surprises Act is intended to increase transparency in healthcare and lead to fewer unexpected bills for patients.

While the Stark Law may be keeping legal, compliance and risk professionals up at night, few patients are aware that it even exists. This is ironic, because one primary driver...

The Stark Law creates a whole set of antikickback rules that providers must understand and actively work to comply with. And with all its good intentions, the Stark Law is...

The well-intentioned but complex Stark Law has gotten some updates recently. The changes give healthcare providers greater flexibility, especially with value-based care.

Patients and providers alike flocked to telehealth in 2020. Before the COVID-19 pandemic began, fewer than one percent of Medicare primary care visits (PCV) were conducted via...

Telehealth is almost as old as the telephone itself. In 1879 – just three years after Bell patented the telephone – an article in Lancet described the concept and advocated its...

The beauty of telehealth is that it connects patients and providers through technology that transcends boundaries. But when that connection crosses state lines, your healthcare...