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Question: I am concerned about the continuing increase in opioid abuse by patients over the last several years. I work hard to counsel an...

We are 8 months into the COVID-19 pandemic, and it is taking its toll on everyone. We are all tired of being careful. And we are all fear...

Question: I am a provider acutely aware that the physician life cycle has been altered by the coronavirus pandemic. What strategies can p...

The Office of Civil Rights of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (OCR) is charged with the enforcement of the Health...

The federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a press release yesterday (August 25, 2020) about its proposed interi...

In our post of April 23, 2020, we summarized the New York Emergency Or Disaster Treatment Protection Act (“EDTPA“). When originally sign...

Governor Cuomo recently signed into law the Emergency or Disaster Treatment Protection Act (“EDTPA”).[1] While the EDTPA grants healthcar...

While all health care providers in New York are struggling to meet the needs of their patients, Governor Cuomo signed a new law that gran...

Through the issuance of two Executive Orders by New York State Governor Cuomo occasioned by the COVID-19 crisis, the Governor has taken a...

https://www.governor.ny.gov/news/no-2021-continuing-temporary-suspension-and-modification-laws-relating-disaster-emerge...

Question: I have been practicing medicine for 15 years. Lately, I’ve hit a streak of difficult challenges – more than before. I am const...

Steven A. Porter, M.D., P.C. (the “Practice”) is required to pay $100,000 and comply with a two year corrective action plan pursuant to a...

New York’s Red Flag gun safety law became effective August 24, 2019. The law establishes a new procedure that allows a concerned family a...

I was recently consulted by the former client of a certified public accountant. The client, who I’ll call “Ms. Smith,” hired the accounta...

On July 18, 2019, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published a long-anticipated final rule allowing nursing home operato

This question and answer was printed in a Monroe County Medical Society 2019 Bulletin. During a recent well child visit at my family prac...

This question and answer was printed in a Monroe County Medical Society 2019 Bulletin. Over the last ten years, there has been a lot of d...

My medical practice has a compliance plan and all staff are trained on HIPAA. However, my practice manager is insistent on implementing s...

I am graduating from my residency program and received an employment contract from my future employer. What should I be aware of while re...

Binding arbitration remains on the rise. Indeed, there is a high likelihood that only a small percentage of the readers of this article w...