A CAP member physician recently called our risk management hotline requesting help with a call from a Washington Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agent. The caller demanded that she turn herself in to local law enforcement for writing fraudulent prescriptions and dealing drugs with the Mexican mafia. 

CAP’s next webinar, Good Outcomes in an Era of Tough Choices: Legal Risks and Solutions for Opioid Prescribers, will cover the latest laws and best practices surrounding the opioid crisis, and will help answer the fundamental question: How do I treat patients with compassion and care in a medically sound and legally safe way?  This webinar is presented by Steve Meister, criminal defense lawyer and the owner of Meister Law Offices in Los Angeles, California. 

As we implement and increasingly use telehealth capabilities, we must commit to acknowledging the implications of this approach to patient care.

We are happy to report that NAS has recently launched an online tool called CyberNET, that offers CAP members and their staff free access to a number of training courses to help keep you HIPAA compliant and reduce the likelihood that you’ll fall victim to a cyber attack.

Once again, it is time to look ahead to the new year and learn about the incoming set of new laws to take effect starting on January 1, 2018, or at some point during the year.