Guess What? Compliance Can Be Simple!

Your practice launches a new service. The technology works, patients are being enrolled, and claims are ready to go. Then someone asks: “Has compliance reviewed this?” In this episode, Dr. Natasha Guess examines what...

If you asked five employees right now what AI tools they actually use to do their jobs, and then asked leadership what AI tools have actually been approved, would those two lists match? In this episode, Dr. Natasha...

There is a compliance question that does not get nearly enough attention. What happens when your patient cannot effectively communicate with your staff? Not because they are not trying, but because your practice has not...

Vendors can make running a healthcare practice easier. They bring technology, testing, billing support, new services, and sometimes new revenue opportunities. But there is one question leadership needs to ask before...

Hiring someone with an active license does not mean that license stays active forever. So when was the last time anyone actually checked? In this episode, Dr. Natasha Guess breaks down a real self-disclosure case, and...

Finding a compliance problem sounds like a success story. It is not always one. In this episode, Dr. Natasha Guess breaks down a real enforcement action that shows exactly what can happen in the space between finding a...

A signed Business Associate Agreement feels like proof that your vendor relationships are covered. It is not. In this episode, Dr. Natasha Guess breaks down two real enforcement actions that show exactly where the gap...

Most people assume federal enforcement only happens to large health systems. This episode looks at a real case involving a physician practice and a $1.45 million settlement, and why the actual lesson has nothing to do...

When most people picture a federal compliance investigation, they imagine something big, a major ransomware attack, a multimillion-dollar fraud case, a national headline. But sometimes it starts with just one patient...

We're too small for that. It's one of the most common things I hear from healthcare practice owners. But regulators don't decide who to investigate based on the size of your practice. In this episode, Dr. Natasha Guess...

Most compliance programs were built during a slower season when the practice had time to focus. The problem is what happens after. In this episode Dr. Natasha Guess explains why compliance built once and never revisited...

In healthcare compliance, documentation is not an administrative burden. It is the proof that your systems are working. In this episode Dr. Natasha Guess breaks down what compliance-ready documentation actually looks...

Most practice leaders understand that HIPAA exists. Far fewer understand that HIPAA is actually a map for how to run a compliant operation. In this episode Dr. Natasha Guess reframes HIPAA entirely. She walks through...

Most healthcare practices prepare for the wrong thing when it comes to regulatory readiness. In this episode of Guess What? Compliance Can Be Simple!, Dr. Natasha Guess breaks down how regulators actually evaluate...

Most healthcare organizations that face regulatory action were not trying to cut corners. In this episode of Guess What? Compliance Can Be Simple!, Dr. Natasha Guess opens the Compliance in the Operation series by...