Congress is moving forward to reinstate legislation that protects at-risk youths suffering from mental health crises. The state of Texas is closely following the initiative as, like many states, there is a need for better resources that manage health issues involving...
Families in Texas may benefit from learning more about the hospice care laws in the state. Texas Health and Human Services describe a hospice as a medical-directed, interdisciplinary team-managed program of services focused on a terminal patient and their family....
Whenever you decide to open a business, you have many considerations, but you have even more when that business involves health care. Here are some concerns you should be aware of when opening a hospice business in Texas. More than licensing and Medicare accreditation...
Are you interested in starting a hospice business in Texas? If so, here are the steps you should take. Step 1. Determine the type of hospice business you want to start The first step in starting a hospice business in Texas is determining the type you want to set up....
For health care businesses in Texas as well as other states, the new No Surprises Act promises to make big changes to how billing works. It is a ban on charging patients out of network charges in emergency care, during air transports, or when they are at a facility...
Despite the fact that most doctors and their staff use good judgement when it comes to patient care, there are thousands of medical malpractice lawsuits brought each year. Mistakes do occur but just not all medical malpractice cases are justified and not all...
In 2009, legislation authorized the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid (CMS) to offer health care providers financial incentives to use certified electronic health recording technology (CEHRT) to keep electronic health records (EHRs) on patients. Learn about...
To a lot of people, physicians and lawyers do not go together. But the truth is that physicians are more likely to need a lawyer than other people because of the nature of their work. Since their job requires them to interact with a lot of people on a daily basis,...
On July 27th of this year, the FDA announced its Digital Health Innovation Action Plan, which is intended to speed up the process(es) associated with bringing innovations in digital health to market. It was developed by the FDA’s Center for Devices and Radiological...
Established as part of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), Medicare’s Hospital Readmission Reduction Program (HRRP) attempts to create an incentive for hospitals to cut down the number of readmissions they have for various types of acute care. As of 2017, these types of...
