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There’s a large focus right now on drug testing and claims for clinical laboratory services related to drugs of abuse testing. The payers are interested in this area because there’s been quite a significant amount of fraud and abuse identified through payer investigative techniques. So the payers...
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A practicing attorney offers some guidance and cautions to practitioners considering bringing ancillary services into their practices. She outlines the due diligence needed to protect your practice and your patients.
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A panel of legal and compliance experts discuss some of the issues confronting prescribers of controlled substances in the management of patients who may be abusing and/or diverting their medications. How should clinicians negotiate the terrain between confronting suspicious patient behavior and...
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Most state licensing boards specify that if you’re in a chronic opioid prescribing situation, you have to do a history and physical evaluation, write up a treatment plan, be sure there is informed consent, and a treatment agreement. If it’s a new patient that you don’t know well, think about a slow...
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Prescribers run afoul of the laws and regulations governing controlled substance prescribing in a couple of different ways but it often just boils down to documentation and a clear picture of the prescriber’s rationale for prescribing the controlled medication to a particular patient. A second...
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An attorney discusses the role and importance of laboratory test reports in a medical legal proceeding, and gives examples of how they are used to indicate compliance/noncompliance.
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Proper documentation is both an ethical and legal duty of healthcare providers, particularly with respect to opioid therapy. Attorney Bolen discusses critical documentation skills, and outlines common mistakes that clinicians may make in maintaining the integrity of the medical record. Watch the...
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A discussion of the evolving medical/administrative/legal landscape that confronts prescribers of opioid medications. Attorney Furman offers additional advice on how clinicians can protect their practices.
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Observations by a pain management educator and lawyer on some key issues for pain medication prescribers.
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Observations by a pain management educator and lawyer on some key issues for pain medication prescribers.