Prepare for Medicare RAC Audits
RAC audits can be triggered by innocent documentation errors. These strategies can help you assess your risk for coding and billing errors and establish compliance and practice standards.
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July 14, 2025, Part B News
Written Protocol for Inappropriate Behavior, However Mild, Can Help
It’s important for a medical practice to have a written policy for dealing with challenging patient situations in order to train and direct staff.
Video Oct 12, 2022
Telehealth Lessons Learned: Managing the Unexpected
Experts discuss the ways virtual visits can go sideways and strategies to handle those situations.
August 12, 2024, Part B News
Your Patient Wants Records Sent Via Unsecure Email. Are You Covered?
Richard Cahill, JD, Vice President and Associate General Counsel, The Doctors Company, part of TDC Group, provides recommendations for how to respond when patients request emailed medical records.
AI Scribe Risk Mitigation Checklist for Practices and Clinicians
Ambient AI scribe technology is rapidly becoming part of everyday clinical practice. This checklist outlines two areas of focus, organizational responsibilities and practitioner responsibilities, to help support the safe and compliant use of AI scribes while reducing liability exposure.
Burnout and Litigation in Primary Care
Certain trends in primary care suggest potential avenues for investigation into malpractice allegations.
Sep 05, 2025
The Foundation Board Welcomes New Director Ami Parekh, MD, JD
We’re pleased to welcome Ami Parekh, MD, JD, to The Doctors Company Foundation Board of Directors. Dr. Parekh is the Chief Health Officer at Included Health, where she leads their national primary care, urgent care, behavioral health, clinical navigation, and population health management practices.
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Mitigating Risks from Delayed Care During COVID-19
The pandemic has disrupted healthcare so thoroughly that in some sense, COVID-19 has affected all of healthcare.
Community Investment
We are advocates for the health of the entire community—in and out of the clinical setting.
Jun 05, 2025
To Call, or Not to Call? Collaborative Communication Across Medical Specialties
As medical knowledge sprints ahead, we can increase safety and manage clinician workload by collaborating with colleagues in other specialties to plan when, how, and why we refer and consult.
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