6 trending healthcare compliance issues

March 8, 2021

Blog Post

The past year has brought unprecedented professional and personal challenges as the world adapted to the COVID-19 pandemic. Those same challenges have also created unique opportunities, particularly for those individuals and entities in the healthcare sector. The commencement of 2021 presents an exciting opportunity to reflect on the regulatory changes implemented in 2020 and how the practice of medicine has evolved generally.

The beginning of a new year also provides the perfect moment to reassess compliance with the evolving regulatory landscape. In an effort to make this process easier, we have identified six trending compliance topics about which we received questions over the past year and that we anticipate will be of great interest to our clients in this new year. Fill out the short form below to download "6 trending compliance issues."

If you have questions or would like assistance evaluating compliance obligations and minimizing risk where possible at your organization, contact the McDonald Hopkins healthcare attorneys listed below.

Over the past 24 months, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights has brought notable enforcement efforts against several non-profit covered entities and business associates, resulting in instances of six and seven-figure penalties against providers across the county for incidents involving breaches of protected health information.

A new amendment to New York state law, which would have required all healthcare providers to obtain separate consents from patients for treatment and payment is on hold until further guidance is released, according to the New York Department of Health.

On November 1, 2024, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services issued the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule 2025 final rule, which establishes new advanced primary care management billing codes that will expand opportunities for physician practices, federally qualified health centers, rural health clinics and other health care providers to get paid for services provided by clinical staff under the direction of a physician, nurse practitioner or physician assistant beginning January 1, 2025.

6 trending healthcare compliance issues

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