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STATE INSURANCE DEPARTMENT CONFIRMS WAIVER OF CO-PAYMENTS MAY CONSTITUTE FRAUD. In an opinion issued on February 24, 2004, the State Insurance Department confirmed that waiver of patient co-payments is fraudulent if the...

NEW MEDICARE RECORD-KEEPING REQUIREMENT. In its September 2003 newsletter, Empire Medicare announced that it will henceforth require in its healthcare record audits that the patient’s name appear on every page of the...

NEW PRACTICE LAW FOR PSYCHOLOGISTS. Recall from our last issue that under the new law that became effective September 2003, all employees of psychologists who are delegated clinical responsibilities must themselves be...

NEW PRACTICE LAW FOR PSYCHOLOGISTS. The new practice law for psychologists became effective September 1, 2003. Its most immediate impact is on psychologists who in the past have employed non-licensed para-professionals and...

The HIPAA Privacy Rule: most common (simply answered) remaining questions. 1. “I don’t bill or communicate electronically and don’t think I will but I might. Can I wait until I am about to bill electronically to become