BANKRUPTCY: Beware--Medicare Can Still Freeze Your Payments

Article Overview

This article discusses recent bankruptcy-law changes affecting physician offices, medical centers, and other health care providers. It focuses on patient protection requirements during bankruptcy, handling of patient records and privacy, oversight provisions for care continuity, and a Medicare-related payment recovery issue that can affect provider cash flow. The piece is relevant to health care administrators, physicians, and billing or compliance professionals who need a broad understanding of how bankruptcy intersects with patient privacy and reimbursement operations.