practice management

Documentation integrity is the foundation of patient safety and legal protection, and it begins with the valid authentication of every medical record entry.

Healthcare's Artificial Intelligence (AI) conversation continues to center largely on clinical applications. Ambient documentation, generative AI assistants, and clinical decision support systems have captured headlines and investment dollars alike. These innovations are important, but they are overshadowing one of healthcare's key operationally impactful uses of AI: medical coding automation.

In 2026, CMS made a meaningful change to the incident to supervision requirements. It did not take long for this update to raise questions for compliance professionals, auditors, and practice leaders.

The following cases highlight fraud, waste, and abuse (FWA) and serve as a reminder to uphold high ethical standards when providing patient care and services.

The following cases highlight fraud, waste, and abuse (FWA) and serve as a reminder to uphold high ethical standards when providing patient care and services.

Let’s begin with a fundamental question: What is a wearable device? The answer is, in typical legal fashion, “It depends.” The reason it depends is if it is a device that is U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved, then the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FD&C Act) applies.

Healthcare administrative professionals play a major role in ensuring healthcare data is properly monitored while interfacing with the health information software systems and applications. My experience within several different roles as a healthcare administrative professional enables a back-end and front-end perspective regarding healthcare interfaces with health information software applications.

Why QLE-driven churn is fueling uncompensated care, and what revenue cycle teams must do now

Building a chain of trust between healthcare providers (Covered Entities) and Business Associates (BAs) is a regulatory requirement under HIPAA designed to ensure that Protected Health Information (PHI) remains secure throughout its entire lifecycle, even when handled by third parties.

Healthcare organizations are facing a perfect storm: rising clinical denials, driven by payer automation, retrospective audits, and increasingly aggressive denial practices, are colliding with labor shortages, clinician burnout, and administrative strain.