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From scheduling patients to care delivery to reimbursement, the business of healthcare is complex. A significant factor to this complexity is an industry functioning on a daily basis under a mountain of regulatory requirements where the stakes are high. Any non-compliance (intentional or inadvertent) can result in fines and penalties.
Whether your organization needs expertise in addressing a regulatory matter or compliance program guidance, Bluebird Healthlaw Partners can help.
We advise our clients in the following areas:
- Physician Self-Referral (e.g., Stark)
- Anti-kickback Statute
- False Claims Act
- Civil Monetary Penalties Law
- Exclusion Statute
- HIPAA Privacy Rule
- HIPAA Security Rule
- HIPAA Breach Notification Rule
- Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act ("EMTALA")
- Medicare Conditions of Participation
- The Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments ("CLIA")
- Billing and Coding
- Reporting and Returning Self-Identified Overpayments
- State and Federal Licensure
- Scope of Practice
- Telemedicine
- CMS Open Payments Program
- Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act
- CMS Emergency Preparedness Programs
- Compliance Program Design
- Compliance Program Implementation
- Compliance Plans
- Governance
- Code of Conduct
- Risk Assessment
- Work Plan Development
- Merger and Acquisition Compliance Program Gap Analysis
- Policy and Procedures (drafting or review)
- Policy Management
- Education and Training
- Conducting Investigations
- Corrective Action Plans
- Auditing and Monitoring
- Exclusion Screening
- Conflict-of-Interest
- Responding to Government Inquiries
- Compliance Officer Professional Development