Join host and moderator, Nicole M. Thorn, health care attorney, as she discusses important considerations for health care owners and operators regarding their business insurance coverage with guest and certified property and casualty underwrite

Estate Planning for Physicians: It's More Than Just Your Dying Wishes

Sep 30th, 2021 27m 44s

Join Host Nicole Thorn, health care attorney, who discusses with guest Lori Kilpeck, a trusts and estates partner at Brouse McDowell the importance of physicians planning their wishes for their assets--tangible and intangible-- in various legal

Coding and Documentation Compliance With the New E&M Guidelines

Jul 26th, 2021 24m 48s

Nicole Thorn, health care attorney, hosts Stacey Stuhrenberg, Senior Consultant, Coding and Compliance at Kraft Healthcare Consulting, an affiliate of KraftCPAs. Stacey shares her expertise and insight on some of the keys to ensuring practices

Physician Emotional Intelligence and Avoiding Hot Water: Part II of II

Apr 26th, 2021 18m 41s

In Part II of this series, learn a bit more about intrapersonal skills, particularly self and social management aspects of emotional intelligence and how honing those skills can help physicians diffuse stressful situations. In the heat of the m

Physician Emotional Intelligence and Avoiding Hot Water: Part I of II

Mar 22nd, 2021 21m 41s

In Part I of this series, learn a bit more about interpersonal skills, particularly self and social awareness and how honing those skills can help physicians diffuse stressful situations. In the heat of the moment and in an effort to avoid mist

Minimizing HIPAA Breach Penalties: Let a Technical Vendor Do Some of Your Work

Feb 22nd, 2021 16m 49s

In this episode, James McCaulley of AtNetPlus, shares with us how a third-party technical vendor assists health care entities with their HIPAA compliance. Even if many systems are remotely hosted by third-party providers, covered entities under

Accounting For Your Provider Relief Funds, As If Tax Season Wasn't Stressful Enough

Feb 4th, 2021 17m 53s

The Department of Health and Human Services doled out billions of dollars in relief funds through the CARES Act in an effort to help health care providers stay afloat during the COVID-19 pandemic. One of the conditions of acceptance for these f

Legal Barriers Affecting Physician Mental Health

Dec 7th, 2020 16m 50s

During this unique pandemic time, mental health and well-being are as critical as ever. Physicians in particular have been positioned to be super-human in their treatment and management of COVID-19, yet they too are experiencing the same person

Major Changes to Stark and Anti-Kickback Law Proposed

Oct 21st, 2019 9m 14s

After taking a summer break, Brouse McDowell Health Care Attorneys Ryan Williams and Joe Bucaro sit down for their first podcast of the fall to discuss the proposed changes to the Stark Law, Anti-Kickback Statute, and Civil Monetary Penalties L

Understanding CMS’s Interoperability and Patient Access Proposed Rule

Jun 20th, 2019 15m 5s

Attorneys Joe Bucaro and Ryan Williams discuss CMS’s Interoperability and Patient Access Proposed Rule released in February 2019. Ryan highlights important parts of the long and sometimes difficult to understand proposed rule for listeners. Rya

Eliminating Kickbacks in Recovery Act - What Providers Need to Know

Jun 6th, 2019 12m 44s

The Eliminating Kickbacks in Recovery Act was passed in order to prevent “patient brokering,” a practice where recovery homes engage third parties to recruit patients for illegal kickbacks. However, the Act goes beyond outlawing just patient br

Ohio Health Law Update

May 2nd, 2019 11m 53s

Brouse McDowell health care attorneys Laura Fryan and Joe Bucaro provide an update on two pressing Ohio health law issues. Laura and Joe first discuss recent changes to Ohio regulations on physician assistants which relax requirements on superv

Ohio Cybersecurity Program - A Physician's Perspective

Apr 4th, 2019 10m 41s

A recently enacted Ohio law creates a legal safe harbor against tort liability arising from a data breach. It applies to all industries, but will likely have specific implications for providers and physicians. Attorneys Joe Bucaro and Ryan Will

Relaxing Requirements for Virtual Care

Mar 21st, 2019 9m 20s

The Issue.The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services will allow providers to bill for certain virtual interactions with patients that fall outside traditional telehealth services for the first time. Three new “virtual care” codes were incl

Dissecting the ACO Final Rule

Mar 14th, 2019 17m 29s

The Issue.The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services issued a final rule that sets a new direction for the Medicare Shared Savings Program, including wholesale changes to the “track” model previously used for accountable care organizations.

Nurse Practitioner Clinics: An alternative approach to health care

Mar 7th, 2019 12m 37s

The Issue.Nurse practitioner clinics are popular approaches to healthcare delivery. Opening a clinic requires nurse practitioners, physicians and entrepreneurs to balance medical care with the business of medicine -- details many health care p

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