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Marketing Smart: Is Your Advertising FTC Compliant?

Nurse Practitioners in Business

Also, best practice dictates that you obtain a signed consent form from the individual in the testimonial and verify any claims made. Ensuring compliance with FTC guidelines and HIPAA regulations regarding patient privacy is crucial. Make sure you have signed permission and documentation on file.

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5 Strategies to Shield Your Practice Against Violence and Threats

Nurse Practitioners in Business

While security cameras may not be feasible for the small practice due to cost, there is another consideration… HIPAA compliance. utilize security cameras following best practices to maintain HIPAA compliance. Hence, any security cameras must be installed following strict guidelines to ensure HIPAA compliance.

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How to Ensure Dental Regulatory Compliance 

American Medical Compliance

These are recordkeeping and documentation. In a survey , dental providers agree that careful and precise recordkeeping is indispensable, emphasizing the importance of documenting elements such as patient histories, examination results, diagnoses, radiographs, treatment plans, consent forms, and clinic notes.

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Understanding FWA Compliance in Healthcare

American Medical Compliance

Let’s explore its significance, key regulations, challenges, and best practices. The Significance of FWA Compliance FWA includes activities that defraud healthcare programs, waste resources, or abuse the system. In this comprehensive guide, we delve into FWA compliance in healthcare.

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Should Healthcare Providers Give Law Enforcement Protected Health Information When Informally Requested? Congress Says No.

Healthcare Law Insights blog

For years, law enforcement has bypassed traditional means of securing evidence by informal requests for documents from witnesses of crimes. At some point, that practice bled over into informal requests for healthcare providers’ documents, including documents reflecting protected health information (PHI).

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How to Conduct Effective Compliance Audits 

American Medical Compliance

For instance, an individual who unknowingly violates HIPAA will pay a $100 fine per violation with an annual maximum of $25,000 for those who repeat violation, according to the National Institutes of Health. Offer solutions or best practices to help rectify problems. What are you aiming to achieve with the audit?

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How to Work With Healthcare Talent Partners to Improve Quality of Care 

IntelyCare

Their discussion touched on everything, from nurse training to safety and HIPAA compliance, and even properly evaluating the operational and technical support of potential partners. If you want to hear the full discussion on the best practices for vetting healthcare talent partners, you can view the entire webinar below.

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