The Phia Group Blog

By: Jon Jablon, Esq. When choosing claims to have negotiated, don’t worry about mental health parity. While it’s an important set of laws, it primarily protects patients from having higher responsibility; as long as the SPD is compliant with the…

By: Ron Peck, Esq. So; call me corny, but as I watched my favorite football team miraculously pull forth victory from the jaws of despair, I was inspired.  No – I wasn’t inspired by their excellence in the face of…

By Jessica Kim Cohen Here are 10 things to know about Watertown, Mass.-based athena health, one of the largest publicly traded companies in the world providing medical record, revenue cycle, patient engagement, care coordination and population health services. Read more…

By Tamara Rosin Although some Republican lawmakers have begun to discuss a more tempered goal of “repairing” the ACA instead of tearing it down, Vice President Mike Pence on Thursday said the Trump administration is still committed to repealing and…

By: Chris Aguiar, Esq. Read this article this morning. Politicians will never fix healthcare – as the old saying goes, there’s no money in the cure.  Stories/anecdotes like this can be informative, but as long as we make decisions based…

By: Kelly Dempsey, Esq. A federal court injunction related to 1557 was granted on 12/31/16, temporarily stopping portions of the rule—discrimination on the basis of gender identity & termination of pregnancy—from becoming effective. The remaining provisions of the rule—prohibiting discrimination…