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02/02/2026
Even if you’re not enrolled as a Part 2 program, you may have reason to study up on a new Part 2 privacy rule, for which the compliance deadline is fast approaching.
02/02/2026
With flu spreading fast, it may be time to revisit your in-office masking policies and check for legal issues.
02/02/2026
The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) is clearly watching how organizations evaluate risk assessments, conduct vendor oversight and execute breach preparedness. The findings detailed in OCR’s recent settlement with Comstar LLC were not obscure legal nuances. Instead, they revealed a basic failure to conduct a thorough organization-wide risk analysis, a core expectation under the HIPAA Security Rule.
02/02/2026
Medicare’s new rule that allows virtual direct supervision gives your providers more flexibility and creates the potential to bill more services under incident-to rules.
02/02/2026
In the four years since prolonged services code G2212 made its debut in 2021, practices have ramped up their use of the 15-minute add-on code, with claims surging 88% between 2021 and 2024.

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