The bars slammed shut behind the doctor. All he did was order an implantable device for his patient — the device came from a physician owned distributorship, or “POD,” in which he held an ownership interest.
Compliance
Technology, Rules and Compliance – Podcast
The indiscriminate use technology, is akin to the adoption and enforcement of rules.
Technology, Rules and Compliance
Technology is neither inherently good nor inherently bad. It’s good only if it does something beneficial – makes things faster, easier, cheaper, or better. And then, of course, the question is faster, easier, cheaper or better for whom? I recently went with my son to a trendy burger place in Westwood, adjacent to UCLA. For…
New Years UnResolutions for 2013
I’ve sometimes wondered about the amount of importance attached to the arbitrary selection of the date we call January 1, New Years Day, as the date on which to make resolutions about our future behavior.
Wringing Profit From Physician Group Compliance: Operational Compliance – Podcast
Physician groups can profit from their compliance efforts.
Jurassic Park and PHI – Leaks Are Inevitable
In the book, Jurassic Park, and in the movie of the same name, it quickly becomes obvious that despite absolute belief and assurance that the system is closed, there is always the chance of a leak. Shift from dinosaurs on an island to your patients’ protected health information, or “PHI,” which you probably believe to…
Jurassic Park and PHI – Leaks Are Inevitable – Podcast
Your compliance system has a leak.