CE Credit: 1 CM
With increased healthcare industry focus on containing costs as a result of healthcare reform and government fraud enforcement initiatives, the need for MTSOs and healthcare documentation specialists to develop and adopt comprehensive compliance programs has reached a critical point. This session will explore the regulatory compliance challenges that face the healthcare industry and the important role that the medical transcription industry can play in helping to meet these challenges.
Speaker Bio
Scott Edelstein, JD, Esq, is a partner in the Health Law practice of Squire, Sanders & Dempsey's Washington, DC, office where he focuses his practice on advising healthcare organizations and health information technology vendors on legal and regulatory issues. Mr. Edelstein works closely with MTSOs, "e-health" companies, telemedicine networks, health care providers, hospitals, and pharmaceutical and biomedical companies on a range of health care law compliance matters involving outsourcing, data privacy and security, and fraud and abuse. Mr. Edelstein has written extensively on healthcare compliance issues including fraud and abuse and the HIPAA's privacy and security standards. He is a frequent speaker on health care compliance in the age of diminishing reimbursement and on challenges posed by electronic medical records and outsourcing.