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A recap of a recent WSJ session focused on how companies and compliance officers alike are preparing for the SEC’s enhanced climate disclosure requirements. The obstacles and challenges for both large and small companies are discussed including how to deploy internal and external staffing and resources to meet reporting demands, what level of assurance is necessary for their disclosures, and what how global companies will balance this new reporting.

In 2016, there were a number of updates and respective releases made by the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) in terms of HIPAA Security. Why are these updates important?

Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) has just released the results of its 2017 Regulatory Burden Survey. Get the highpoints of the survey.

Is a home health care aide considered an employee or an independent contractor? The IRS and the Department of Labor makes a big distinction between the two. To follow is an employee/independent contractor test to help with labor and tax law compliance.

Despite being encountered by most all of us routinely, its distinctiveness as a business is not understood by many. Greater understanding is critical as National Health Expenditure (“NHE”) approaches some 18% of GDP.

Health care concerns, especially for investors, are discussed at the EisnerAmper Family Office Summit.

Robert Katz, Managing Director in EisnerAmper’s Bankruptcy and Restructuring Group, participated in a program hosted by Certified Turnaround Professionals called Healthcare Roundtable: Distressed Hospitals.

Telehealth services are being offered as an alternative to face-to-face encounters by many physicians across the country. Telehealth is a great way for providers to connect with patients who may not have physical access the care they need.

Federal judges recently blocked the mergers of Aetna-Humana and Anthem-Cigna. What would the consolidation have provided these large insurance companies?

Repeal of the medical device tax, in effect as part of the ACA but under moratorium since 2016.

The first batch of Open Payments data connecting your physicians to financial arrangements with certain businesses was published September 30. The Open Payments website has a download library and includes a search feature for looking for individual doctors or teaching hospitals.

Employers' health care coverage and enrollment reporting obligations under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. IRS issues draft versions of the reporting forms most employers will use next year to show their group health insurance plans comply with the health care reform law.

Medicare auditors to review physician fees related to denied hospital claims. According to AIS’s Medicare Compliance newsletter, hospitals may suddenly find more physicians embrace compliance and documentation improvement. Auditors may deny physicians’ claims based on hospital records.

Compliance officers have to worry about the Medicare conditions of participation while minding the anti-kickback and Stark regulations. If the organization is regulated, the burden is on the hospitals, hospices and skilled nursing facilities to ensure contractor compliance.

Surgical checklists can reduce deaths and complications but nearly 10% of hospitals still don't mandate their use. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Hospital Compare website publicly reports which hospitals use surgical checklists. Learn more about the CMS stats.

Pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturer payments to physicians and teaching hospitals are on the verge of being publicly available under the Physician Payments Sunshine Act. This could change the dynamics of fraud enforcement and public perception of physicians and hospitals.

Part of the drive to a value-based health care delivery system will be gearing physician compensation to value-based metrics such as quality and customer service. Medical Group Management Association has been conducting an annual physician compensation survey for 3 decades.

The HHITECH Act requires the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services to prepare and submit annual reports on breach notifications and compliance with the Privacy and Security Rules promulgated under HIPAA. The report on compliance with the HIPAA Rules summarizes complaints.

The OIG Work Plan for 2015 suggests areas that the OIG intends to review and audit. Providers use the OIG Work Plan as a guide to prepare for potential audits and areas to review the effectiveness of their internal controls. Summary of the OIG’s 2015 Work Plan.

Health care providers are utilizing electronic health records (EHR) and as the transition from paper medical records to EHR continues, payers and auditors are noticing a problem with these records: cloning. Medicare will not reimburse services when it deems the documentation is cloned.