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Getting Paid for Your Practice at Retirement

Posted on: April 14th, 2021 by

Getting Paid for Your Practice at Retirement by: Mike Kreager Every day 10,000 Americans turn 65 (AARP website). As of the end of 2018, 28% of Texas’ physicians were over age 60 compared to 19% who were under age 40 (AMA Physician Masterfile 2019 n=64,382). A large bolus of physicians is approaching retirement. If you…

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HME News: Maintain a Culture of Compliance

Posted on: March 9th, 2021 by

Maintain a Culture of Compliance by: Jill Vogel A. Providers can decrease the risk of False Claims Act liability by building and maintaining a culture of compliance in all aspects of their business. For example, suppliers should keep abreast of changes in federal health care program (e.g., Medicare) regulations and ensure that their employees and…

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HME News: Comply with Safe Harbors

Posted on: March 9th, 2021 by

Comply with Safe Harbors by: Jill Vogel A. During a recent Medicare conference, representatives of the Office of Inspector General announced that the healthcare industry should expect to see an uptick in the investigations of alleged Medicare fraud and abuse. True to their word, the OIG has been busy. As the new fiscal year approaches,…

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Sanctity of Contracts

Posted on: February 25th, 2021 by

Sanctity of Contracts by: Michael Kreager Contracts are unpleasant but necessary. Every medical practice has contracts: employment contracts, office and equipment leases, equipment and software maintenance agreements, supplier and vendor agreements, patient agreements, buy-sell agreements… In a contract, each side promises something in exchange for the other side’s promise. I promise to make your office…

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Physicians Read Your Employment Contracts Before Signing It: Here’s Why

Posted on: February 25th, 2021 by

Physicians Read Your Employment Contracts Before Signing It: Here’s Why by: Micheal Kreager Corporate Employment. The siren’s song of corporate employment is tantalizing … and effective. Survey after survey of employed physicians confirms corporations are gaining physician employment over private practices.1 As a corporate law attorney, I have read hundreds of corporate employment agreements. This…

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CPOM: Where Money and Physician Judgment Collide: By Mike Kreager, J.D., LL. M.

Posted on: February 16th, 2021 by

CPOM: Where Money and Physician Judgment Collide: By Mike Kreager, J.D., LL. M. Any physician who has practiced medicine for any length of time has seen the line demarking management and the exercise of independent medical judgment clearly crossed. In the 1990s, a new hospital business model was to acquire gatekeeper practices, primarily family medicine,…

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