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Advertising / Marketing 

• Testimonials in Advertising    

Billing & Coding 

• Avoid These Common Coding and Documentation Errors   
• Billing for Noncovered Service  
• New Laws Require Billing Disclosures by Physicians  
• Physicians Can Get Paid During Credentialing Process  
• Surgical Debridement to Be Subject to Medicare Scrutiny  

 Contracts 

• Is There a Cooling-Off Period for Physician Contracts? 

Court 

• How to Initiate a Case in Small Claims Court    
• How to prepare and conduct a case in small claims court     

Health Care Payment Plans 

• Billing for Noncovered Service  
• Flex Your RVUs     
• Monitoring Health Care Payment Plans  
• Physicians Can Get Paid During Credentialing Process   

HIPAA 

• Consent vs. Authorization Under HIPAA  
• Handling Patient Charts Under HIPAA  
• HIV in the Medical Record      
• Update Your Policies Under New Texas Privacy Law  NEW 
• What’s Up on Your Walls?  

Informed Consent 

• Informed Consent: A Process of Communication   

Medicaid & Medicare 

• Antikickback Versus Stark: A Comparison  NEW
•  Billing for Noncovered Service  
• CMS Refines the Physician Self-Referral Rule  
• Don't Offer Gifts or Other Inducements to Medicare or Medicaid Patients  
• Medicare coordination of benefits contractor targets enhanced efficiency, reduced abuse  
• On Medicare Prepayment Review? Here's What to Do  
• Surgical Debridement to Be Subject to Medicare Scrutiny  

Medical Records 

•  Destroy Medical Record Securely 
•  Electronic Medical Record Documentation Pointers  
•  Fees for Copying Medical Records   
•  HIV in the Medical Record 
•  Medical Records Release and Other Physician’s Records  NEW 
•  Practice Retention of Medical Records  
•  Surgical Debridement to Be Subject to Medicare Scrutiny 
•  These 10 Tips Will Help You Avoid EMR Liability Exposure   
•  Use Medication Reconciliation to Prevent Errors        
•  What Not to Include in a Medical Record  
•  What Should We Include When Filling a Patient’s Records Request?    
•  Withholding Patient Records for Payment  

OSHA 

• OSHA: Hepatitis B Vaccination Requirement  
• What’s Up on Your Walls?   

Payment 

• Physicians Can Get Paid During Credentialing Process  
• Routine Waiver of Patient Copay Is Illegal  NEW 
• TMA Hassle Factor Log Users Must Sign a Business Associate Agreement 
• Waiving Copayments 

Practice Management 

• Antikickback Versus Stark: A Comparison  NEW 
•  Destroy Medical Records Securely 
• Do Appointments Establish a Patient-Physician Relationship?    
• Does the Family and Medical Leave Act apply to your practice   
• Don't Offer Gifts or Other Inducements to Medicare or Medicaid Patients 
• Guidelines for Notifying Employees of the Closing or Selling a Practice  
• How to Win an Unemployment Insurance Hearing 
• Identify Your Own Fraud and Abuse Red Flags 
• Job Screening Checklist  
• Medication Errors: A Preventable Risk    
• New Laws Require Billing Disclosures by Physicians  
• Notifying Your Patients When You Leave a Practice  
• Patient Notification During Practice Transition  
• Preventing Embezzlement  
• Protect Your Practice: New Technology Brings New Liability Exposures  
• Surgical Debridement to Be Subject to Medicare Scrutiny   
• Termination of the physician/patient relationship  
• Test your office for patient confidentiality  
• Tips for Recognizing Questionable Consultants  
• Update Your Policies Under New Texas Privacy Law  NEW 
• Use Medication Reconciliation to Prevent Errors   
• What’s Up on Your Walls?  
• When Is a Waiver Needed for NPP in a Nursing Facility?  NEW 

Privacy 

• Must CLIA Labs Give Patients Test Results? ... and Other FAQs on Privacy Rules   
• Privacy Notice and the Phone Patient  
• What Not to Include in a Medical Record  
• When Is Protected Health Information Not Protected?   

Resources 

• Antikickback Versus Stark: A Comparison  NEW 
• Filing a Complaint With the Texas Department of Insurance  
• Job Screening Checklist  
• Safe Needle Devices  
• Tips for Recognizing Questionable Consultants  
• TMA Hassle Factor Log Users Must Sign a Business Associate Agreement