Health Law

Arguably no other area of interdisciplinary law affects the daily lives of the general public and, in turn, your clients, more than health law. Moreover, healthcare has become big business with the rising cost of quality medical care, prescription drug coverage, and the need for long-term health care solutions for an aging population. Legal matters frequently arise from the denial of Social Security benefits to the maze of options available for small businesses that are required to provide healthcare insurance coverage to their employees. Click on the links below to also learn about how to better represent your clients seeking Medicare coverage or how to make your company’s health benefits work for its employees.

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Fraud In Managed Care Part I

This is the first of several columns that will analyze the emerging issue of fraud in the world of managed care. For generations, the problem of fraud in the delivery of health care services lay beneath the surface like roots growing in the fertile ...
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Fraud In Managed Care Part II

This is the second of three columns that discuss fraud in managed care programs. The first, published on Sept. 30, presented a general introduction and background; this column will discuss fraudulent practices by payors; and the last installment ...
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Fraud in Managed Care Part III

This is the last of three columns that discuss fraud in managed-care programs. The first, published Sept. 30, presented a general introduction and background; the second published on Dec. 3, discussed fraudulent practices by payors. This last ...
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Frequently Asked Questions About New Food and Drug Administration Tobacco Regulations

Starting February 28, 1997, new FDA rules prohibited retailers from selling cigarettes, loose cigarette tobacco, and smokeless tobacco to anyone under age 18, and required retailers to verify by means of photo identification the age of anyone under ...
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Frequently Asked Questions on Universal Service for Rural Health Care Providers

CC Docket No. 96-45 n May 8, 1997, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) released a Report and Order on Universal Service (May 8 Order). Section 254(h) of the Communications Act of 1934 (the Act), better known as the ...
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Gainsharing Arrangements with Physicians

Since the hospital prospective payment system ("PPS") was introduced in the mid-1980s, hospitals have been trying to develop a means by which they can align their financial incentives with those of their physicians. PPS limits hospitals to a fixed ...
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GAO Recommends SEC Improve Tracking of Environmental Liabilities and Disclosures

On July 14, 2004, the United States Government Accountability Office (GAO) issued a report on environ-mental disclosures by public companies in filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and recommended that the SEC take steps to ...
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Georgia Medicaid Law: 1999

The costs of long term health care can be staggering. For many people, being prepared to meet them can be an even greater challenge. Although some persons have amassed the necessary resources or insurance to meet the challenge, many others have few ...
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Government Programs or Private Resources: Alternatives for Paying for Long Term Health Care

Due to continued improvements in lifestyle and medical technology, it comes as no surprise that as the first Baby Boomers began turning 50 in 1996, Americans are also living longer. When today's 40-year-olds reach age 65 in 2024, over 17 percent of ...
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Governmental Enforcement of Quality of Care Standards

The Federal government continues to enforce quality of care standards in long-term care facilities through the use of fraud and abuse statutes. Two of the most potent weapons the government has are administrative imposition of civil monetary ...
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