J. Stuart Showalter, JD, MFS
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J. Stuart Showalter, JD, MFS
Latest Work
$25 million in penalties demonstrates OCR focus on data security
OCR announced 10 important enforcement actions in 2018.
Unintended Consequences: Patient Privacy in the Age of Social Media
Although a valuable tool for clinical treatment, patient education, and marketing, social media can easily violate hospital legal and ethical confidentiality standards. Seemingly innocent actions such as referring to patient cases or posting videos or photographs that include patient faces can be problematic.
Stark Law Compliance Relies on the Basics
The strict liability nature of the Stark Law and its many exceptions require legal counsel, healthcare compliance officers, and finance executives to pay scrupulous attention to physician contract details.
Taking a Systematic Approach to Hospital Policy Development
Hospitals can develop effective policies by developing a “policy on policies,” taking into consideration content guidelines, making policies easily accessible by all staff, and considering how staff will interpret the policy language.
Separation of Compliance and Legal Functions Key to Effective Hospital Compliance Program
New guidance strongly suggests that hospital compliance officer should not be subordinate to legal counsel.