Receiving notification that your pharmacy will undergo an insurance company audit can make for stressful times. This is true even if you believe you have been fully compliant. One way to look at the situation is this: You want to run the best pharmacy possible, and...
Month: May 2017
Advantages of buying a home health agency
If you always wanted to own a home health agency (or a similar business such as an adult day care) and decided that it is financially feasible to do so, there are a few advantages to buying an existing agency versus starting one from scratch. Of course, there are...
Nursing professionals: work with experienced attorney to effectively navigate disciplinary process
For health care providers, patient complaints can be not only disheartening to one's professional confidence, but also a source of trouble if the complaint involves allegations of professional misconduct. Understanding the complaint and investigation process, and...
Advice for health care professionals who receive a subpoena
It sometimes seems as if headlines these days are all about political turmoil. But for those who read New York's newspapers and watch the newscasts, there are also reports about the economy, crime, infrastructure problems and much more.For New York health care...
What could unprofessional conduct for a nurse mean?
When nurses get a letter from a disciplinary board, the letter commonly concerns drug or alcohol issues, criminal convictions, inadequately maintaining patient records, or a host of other issues such as unprofessional conduct. Such letters are often stressful for...
Menendez friend convicted of Medicare fraud
New York City residents are well-acquainted with New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez. The longtime congressman and now the state's senior senator, he has been a fixture on our area's political scene for decades. Menendez has been embroiled in a Medicare fraud and corruption...