Most recent by David M. Glaser, JD
BLOG: ABCs and XYZs of ASCs
BLOG: New Stark regulations may require changes to your compensation formula
BLOG: Understanding telehealth rules is key during COVID-19 public health emergency
BLOG: Consider this path to use telehealth for physical therapy services
During the COVID-19 crisis, telehealth visits are safer for medical professionals and patients. However, in a recent interim final rule, CMS said the telehealth statute does not allow physical therapists, occupational therapists and speech language pathologists to “furnish” telehealth services. That is because the law authorizing telehealth services (Social Security Act Section 1834(m)) has a list of “professionals” who can provide telehealth.
BLOG: Relationships with vendors: Embrace them, but with caution
BLOG: Tools you can use in medical necessity denials
BLOG: Salary, call pay and other surveys can be misleading
Whenever you enter a financial relationship with a hospital, the hospital is likely to rely on survey data to verify that the relationship is at fair market value. While the desire of the hospital to use such data is completely understandable, the odds are that the survey data is imperfect. How can I feel comfortable making such a sweeping generalization? Because if you carefully examine most of these surveys, the limitations are immediately apparent.
BLOG: Gainsharing/co-management is a great opportunity for physicians, hospitals
As a physician, you have a unique ability to make the delivery of health care more efficient and save hospitals money, which ultimately has the effect of lowering health care costs. This is true whether you are in independent practice or employed by a hospital. While the Stark law, antikickback statute and other laws place some restrictions on payments from a hospital to a physician, it is crystal clear that with some relatively simple planning, a hospital can compensate physicians for their effort to save money. While the labelling of these payments may differ (sometimes these are referred to as gainsharing arrangements, though I prefer co-management or gainsharing), the basic idea is the hospital is paying the physician for his or her assistance in improving the economic efficiency of the hospital.
BLOG: Lessons learned from the Utah nurse arrest
The recent arrest of a courageous nurse at the University of Utah as she refused to allow a police officer to draw blood from an unconscious patient without a warrant offers some important lessons about preparing for interactions with police, whether they are investigating you or one of your patients.