No Shield Laws for Maryland
With the emergence of COVID-19, many businesses have carefully taken various precautions to prevent, where possible, viral exposures to their employees and customers. Consequently, the world has witnessed the birth of many new phenomena, such as social distancing and the deployment of remote-work teams. However, despite their good faith efforts to prevent further infections, many…Read More
New Stark and Anti-Kickback Rules: Compensation and Technology
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) have issued new rules modernizing the Stark and Anti-Kickback laws. As discussed in the summer edition of TOPICS, the most transformative part of the rules, now in effect, update both laws to reflect the industry trend of encouraging…Read More
Business Analytics for a Medical Firm
Klik Solutions recently acquired a large medical company in Maryland as a client. The medical firm was concerned about security and was experiencing outages that strongly affected the operation of medical equipment. Accordingly, these issues endangered work with the clinic’s clients. Client Profile The medical center is one of the largest in the state with over…Read More
Maryland’s New 2021 Telehealth Law
As the COVID-19 PHE comes to an end, Governor Hogan signed into law “Preserve Telehealth Access Act of 2021” to prolong the benefits of telehealth throughout Maryland. Effective July 1, 2021, and for the duration of two years, Commercial and Medicaid insurance plans will have to reimburse providers for telehealth and audio-only services in the…Read More
Do Healthcare Providers Need a Single Audit?
Healthcare providers may not be aware that they are subject to a Single Audit (A-133 audit). Many healthcare providers faced significant financial changes due to the COVID-19 pandemic, including the following changes felt by many organizations. Additional costs associated with purchasing needed PPE Costs of additional support provided to your workers Revenue losses from cancelled…Read More