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Overview of the New Board Rules for Chronic Pain Opioid Prescriptions
By Kate Hickner This article was originally published in the March/April 2019 issue of Northern Ohio Physician. On December 23, 2018, Ohio physicians became subject to new rules governing the prescription of opioids to address chronic pain (the “New Rules”).¹ The New...
Stark 101 for Physicians
By Kate Hickner A version of this article was previously published in Communique. Sometimes those of us in the healthcare industry become so immersed in the multitude of applicable regulations, and their evolution and ambiguities, that we need to take a step back and...
HIPAA Business Associate Agreements: Why These Contracts Matter
By Kate Hickner No one loves drafting, reading or negotiating HIPAA Business Associate Agreements (BAAs). Yet many of us need to do so, and some of us do so daily. They are often boring, dense and technical, but BAAs are important from both a legal and a business...
New Resource for Ohio Health Care Providers
Ohio Medicaid Issues Standard Authorization Forms for the Disclosure of Health Information By Kathryn E. Hickner The Ohio Department of Medicaid (“ODM”) has adopted two standard authorization forms for the use and disclosure of health information, in an effort to...
Could You Be a HIPAA Business Associate and Not Know It?
By Kate Hickner Featured in KJK Today Year-End 2018 We have all heard about HIPAA. It’s a federal law designed to set a minimum floor for the privacy and security of protected health information. Over the years, HIPAA has been expanded and strengthened. It’s now...
Fighting the Opioid Crisis: Ohio’s New Rules for Prescribing Pain Medication
By Kate Hickner Ohio is often considered the center of the U.S. opioid crisis. In response, the state of Ohio has taken (and continues to take) significant steps in its fight against prescription opioid abuse. Beginning December 23, 2018, Ohio physicians and other...
“I’m out of Here!” Now What?
By Kate Hickner We all know that the healthcare industry is experiencing a wave of integration. This trend has been evident for many years. Fewer physicians are willing to assume the legal, financial and other business risks associated with owning their own...
VIDEO: Five Tips for Selling a Medical Practice
For healthcare providers who are considering selling their practice or integrating with another group, market pressures are making it an ideal time to take action. Here are KJK Healthcare Partner Kate Hickner's five tips to consider when selling a medical practice....