by Susan Walberg | Aug 26, 2021 | Compliance Blog
By Susan Walberg, JD MPA CHC Healthcare apps have become increasingly prevalent, with people using them for counting steps, monitoring their calories, or linking to various medical devices, to name just a few examples. Since the COVID outbreak, however, and the...
by Susan Walberg | Jul 30, 2021 | Compliance, COVID, Education, Healthcare
Although HIPAA (The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996) has been around for a long time, the COVID epidemic has spawned a slew of misunderstandings, disinformation, and erroneous claims about the law’s reach and impact. People have raised...
by Susan Walberg | Apr 5, 2021 | Compliance, Education, Healthcare
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought with it huge challenges for people all over the world; not only the obvious health-related concerns but also shutdowns, unemployment, financial difficulties, and a variety of lifestyle changes as a result. When the COVID pandemic...
by Susan Walberg | Jun 9, 2020 | Compliance Blog
By Susan Walberg, JD MPA CHC As Private Equity companies and healthcare organizations move to grow or consolidate practices and organizations, one area of due diligence that is often overlooked is the evaluation of the compliance program and the compliance risks that...
by Susan Walberg | Mar 18, 2020 | Compliance, Compliance Blog, Healthcare
By Susan Walberg The Coronavirus pandemic is all over the news, and is affecting us all, especially those in healthcare on the front lines. For those of us who are responsible for compliance, there are many new challenges, issues, and questions that arise as this...
by Susan Walberg | Feb 25, 2020 | Compliance, Education, Healthcare, Leadership, Physicians
There is a lot of activity in the healthcare space these days. Venture capital companies getting involved with various lines of healthcare, smaller practices merging or growing, adding lines of business or services…it is easy to overlook certain compliance...
by Susan Walberg | Feb 18, 2020 | Compliance, Education, Healthcare, Leadership
We hear all the time about the people in our world who are effective leaders, and how great the impact of such people can be on our lives and careers. In fact, one item just posted here on LinkedIn reminded me of this topic and of my own personal experiences with one...
by Susan Walberg | Feb 11, 2020 | Compliance, Healthcare, Leadership, Risks
Retaliation is one of my favorite topics, not because I like the act of retaliation (of course!), but because it is so often misunderstood and I think it’s critical to provide education on this issue. No matter where I go, retaliation is relevant, and usually if...
by Susan Walberg | Feb 1, 2020 | Compliance, Education, Healthcare, Leadership
As I have worked with a variety of physician practice groups and other smaller healthcare organizations, I have seen repeatedly that there are compliance gaps that can become expensive if left unattended. The Practice Administrators aren’t being deliberately...
by Susan Walberg | Jan 23, 2020 | Healthcare, Leadership, Risks
The opioid epidemic is in the news every day. State and federal regulators and law enforcement regularly investigate cases of drug diversion, ‘pill mills’, opioid over-prescribing, and even deaths from overdoses. Although most of those cases involve...
