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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Health Law Articles
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Governments and Health: A Time for Leadership
As Ontario ’s health budget closes in on $30 Billion while hospital deficits mount and hopes for a truly integrated health care system dwindle, the challenge lies not in crafting better laws to regulate the silos but rather to re-examine the ...
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Groundwater Report
EPA issued its report to Congress on the status of groundwater quality in the United States and the effectiveness of state programs for groundwater protection. The Safe Drinking Water Act requires EPA to issue such a report every three years. The ...
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Guard Against De-emphasizing Environmental Due Diligence in Commercial Real Estate Transactions
Five years ago, the legislature amended Michigan.s environmental cleanup statute to facilitate the purchase and development of contaminated real estate. The legislature accomplished this by providing potential purchasers of contaminated property ...
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Guardians and Conservators Under Missouri Law
A guardian is a person who has been appointed by a court (usually the probate division of the circuit court) to have the care and custody of a minor or of an adult person who has been legally determined to be . A conservator is a person or a ...
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Guardianships
Should you become disabled, either due to a serious mental or physical condition, what steps have you taken to protect both yourself and your loved ones? Who have you given the authority to make important decisions concerning both your medical and ...
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Guidance for States Considering the Development of Medicaid Managed Care Programs for Persons With Special Health Care Needs
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES Health Care Financing Administration Center for Medicaid and State Operations 7500 Security Boulevard Baltimore, MD 21244-1850 October 5, 1998 Dear State Medicaid Director: This letter transmits the enclosed ...
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Guide On Consultation Procedures: Foods Derived From New Plant Varieties
This version supersedes the June, 1996 version. It has been revised to reflect reorganizations within the Office of Premarket Approval of the Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, and the Center for Veterinary Medicine. This guidance ...
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HCFA Clarifies Private Contracting Position
The Fall 1997 Health Law Newsletter reported on a provision in the Balanced Budget Act which, when read literally, appears to prohibit Medicare-participating physicians from contracting privately with Medicare patients for non-covered services. That ...
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HCFA Somewhat Clarifies Self-Referrals The (Charlotte) Business Journal
New proposed regulations recently published by the Health Care Financing Administration, the federal agency responsible for administering the Medicare program, will affect virtually every hospital-physician arrangement and physician self-referral ...
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Health Care Financing Administration Issues Payment Suspension Rules
The Health Care Financing Administration ("HCFA") recently issued final rules, effective January 2, 1997, governing suspension of Medicare payments. Existing regulations provide that payments to providers and suppliers may be suspended by a Medicare ...
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