by Jody Swearingen DPT, OCS, STC, COMT, CHP | Oct 28, 2025 | Outpatient Therapy Compliance
Selecting the Right Clinical Auditor for Your Outpatient Therapy Practice In today’s outpatient therapy landscape, the rapid adoption of technology, including cutting-edge AI services, is transforming practice operations. Among the least favored responsibilities for...
by Jody Swearingen DPT, OCS, STC, COMT, CHP | Oct 14, 2025 | Outpatient Therapy Compliance, Physical Therapy HIPAA Compliance
What is Phishing? The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through its Office for Civil Rights (OCR), defines phishing as a sophisticated cyber-attack designed to deceive individuals into disclosing sensitive information through electronic...
by Jody Swearingen DPT, OCS, STC, COMT, CHP | May 24, 2025 | Outpatient Therapy Compliance
When a patient enters a clinic suffering from debilitating pain that disrupts their ability to work, sleep, engage with family and friends, or pursue a healthy lifestyle, ‘compliance’ is likely not the foremost concern of the physical therapist. The...
by Mary Daulong PT, CHC, CHP | Jul 15, 2023 | Outpatient Therapy Compliance
This article is based on an extended and updated version of a PPS Taskforce Project that both authors participated in 2019-2021. It explicitly addresses new regulations related to balance billing, the No Surprises Act, and Good Faith Estimates. It is intended to...
by Mary Daulong PT, CHC, CHP | Oct 8, 2022 | Outpatient Therapy Compliance
Shocking Variances Between Private Practice and Rehab Agencies Part Two of this Two-Part Series: Mary R. Daulong, PT, CHC, CHP In Part I of It Is an Emergency That You Be Prepared the focus was on Therapists (TPP) in Private Practice and COVID Emergency Preparedness...
by Mary Daulong PT, CHC, CHP | Jul 8, 2022 | Outpatient Therapy Compliance, Physical Therapy HR
Understanding how to properly use the Medicare Advance Beneficiary Notice (ABN) is critically important because it has financial, fraud, and abuse consequences. Using it correctly could permit providers to collect monies legally that may otherwise have been left on...
