When you receive a charge for driving while intoxicated in Texas, you may face fines, possible jail time and other consequences in the aftermath. If you also make your living as a nurse, your drunk driving arrest may have professional implications if it winds up...
Texas Health Care Law Blog
What to do if you are investigated by the Board of Pharmacy
No Texas pharmacist plans to be the subject of a Board of Pharmacy complaint or investigation. Nevertheless, the Board conducts many investigations each year. If you receive notice that you are under investigation, understanding the Board’s investigation process and...
4 common nursing documentation errors to avoid
As a nurse, properly documenting the care you provide to patients is essential. Improper documentation can lead to reduced quality of care and in some situations, injurious medical errors. According to data collected by Johns Hopkins patient safety professionals,...
What are the most common HIPAA violations?
When you run your own medical practice, you have a lot of responsibilities to ensure your practice operates effectively and meets all its legal obligations. As part of that, you need to protect your patient’s privacy and health care records, complying with Health...
Convicted Texas physician seeks earlier sentencing date
Attorneys for a Texas physician convicted in January in a $325 million health care fraud scheme requested this month for an earlier sentencing date for Dr. Jorge Zamora-Quezada. A jury found the disgraced physician guilty of seven counts of health care fraud and one...
Honesty is the best policy when it comes to your nursing license
When it comes time for your initial nursing license application or renewal, you will be asked questions about your criminal history. These questions are not unique to the nursing profession. Many people with professional licenses go through a similar process.The...
Challenges faced by campus health care facilities
For years, health care facilities throughout the nation’s college campuses have treated students for numerous illnesses and injuries. And for years, many of these students and their families have complained about them.Increasingly, student health care facilities...
Do not let substance abuse abscond with your health care license
For years, you led a double life, and no one knew about it. Not even your spouse. As a well-respected physician, you helped people, did your best to solve their health problems and guided them through their most challenging journeys. But you also had a substance abuse...
Steps to take to help your health care practice avoid fraud
Our nation’s health care system has grown more complicated. And with these complexities come increased chances for illegal and negligent activity within health care organizations. With this in mind, health care providers must take it upon themselves to prevent...
What is health care fraud?
In a perfect world, sick people would get the help they need, and no one would have to worry about the cost. The reality is, health care is a business. Like any business, a health care provider should expect reimbursement for providing their services.There’s...