Health Law Checkup

Telemedicine Reimbursement and Regulation: an Overview for Providers

The advent of telemedicine supplies a unique and convenient gateway for patients and providers to connect. The benefits of telemedicine range from increased access to care for patients, to increased efficiency and lower overhead costs for providers. However, as is common with new models of health care delivery, navigating the regulatory landscape can be a […]

| 4 min read
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Making Informed Decisions About Informed Consent

Patients have come to expect that they will be actively involved in making decisions about their health care. Informed consent aids patient involvement and provides a process whereby a health care provider discusses a treatment or procedure with a patient, including the nature of the proposed procedure, reasonable alternatives, and the relevant risks and benefits […]

| 2 min read
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Direct Primary Care: Getting Calls from Patients While Avoiding Calls from Law Enforcement

by Allison Davis For providers interested in simplifying the provider-patient relationship, one option is direct primary care. Ironically, though, simplification can be complicated, particularly when the government is involved. One of the greatest hurdles to medical practice simplification is the role of Medicare on both the patient side and provider side. Any physician interested in […]

| 5 min read
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Want to run the government like a business? Bring back the ACA.

Just days after his inauguration, President Donald Trump signed an executive order to delay further implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA). This is just one of many steps the President and Congress plan to take in an effort to repeal the ACA. It sounds simple – just a few strokes of […]

| 3 min read
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