by Jody Swearingen DPT, OCS, STC, COMT, CHP | Sep 11, 2026 | Outpatient Therapy Compliance, Physical Therapy Direct Access, Physical Therapy HIPAA Compliance, Physical Therapy HR, Uncategorized
This article concludes our four-part series on managing medical record requests in outpatient therapy clinics. In previous installments on the BCMS Blog, we explored requests from attorneys, disclosures supported by “satisfactory assurances,” and the key...
by Jody Swearingen DPT, OCS, STC, COMT, CHP | May 27, 2026 | Outpatient Therapy Compliance, Physical Therapy HIPAA Compliance
Outpatient therapy clinics frequently receive requests for medical records, including those without patient authorization. In the first two articles of this four-part series of the BCMS Blog, we explored requests from attorneys and those supported by “satisfactory...
by Alicia Mahoney, President | Oct 30, 2025 | Outpatient Therapy Compliance, Physical Therapy HIPAA Compliance
Are You Running Your Private Practice Naked? Compliance for Outpatient Therapy Providers … the requirement that private practitioners often put in the back of the closet. When regulators come to your door, do you want to be naked…i.e., without a...
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 Alicia Mahoney, President | Jun 26, 2019 | Outpatient Therapy Compliance, Physical Therapy HIPAA Compliance
Physical Therapy HIPAA Compliance can be overwhelming if you don’t know enough about protecting your patients health information. The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) has been protecting the privacy and security of certain health...
