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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Indicting of Lawyers in a Medicare Kickback Case

A MAJOR FEDERAL prosecution in Kansas involving alleged kickbacks paid by hospitals to referring physicians has taken an unusual turn that has both criminal defense lawyers and health lawyers across the country paying very close attention. The U.S ...
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Information Memorandum Regarding Children’s Health Insurance Program: Children with Disabilities

Directors, Designated State Agencies Executive Directors, State Developmental Disabilities Councils Chairpersons, State Developmental Disabilities Councils Directors, State Protection and Advocacy Systems Directors, University Affiliated Programs ...
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Insurance and Managed Care Companies have 280 Million reasons to Deny Care

On August 3, the American Psychological Association (APA) released an analysis of the profits that insurance and managed care companies can generate by investing the money saved while denied claims are in appeals process. The analysis found that ...
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International Trade & Litigation News: Year 2000 Problems in Shipping and International Trade

International trade may be particularly vulnerable to year 2000 problems, said two experts testifying before Government committees on January 20, 1999. "Ocean shipping and foreign ports have both been flagged as among the least prepared sectors" for ...
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Is Your Hospital Compliance Program in Compliance? OIG’s Draft Supplemental Compliance Program Guidance for Hospitals

On June 8, 2004, the Department of Health and Human Services' Office of Inspector General ("OIG") published the "OIG Draft Supplemental Compliance Program Guidance for Hospitals" ("Supplemental CPG").1 As the name suggests, this guidance document ...
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ISO 14000: Will It Work For You

Companies today confront a multitude of environmental management issues. Regulatory compliance and the costs associated with it can have a significant impact on a company's bottom line. An effective environmental management system (EMS) can not only ...
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Labeling of Juice Products Small Entity Compliance Guide

Warning and Notice Statement: Labeling of Juice Products Small Entity Compliance Guide ( 1)There recently have been outbreaks of foodborne illness associated with the consumption of some juice products contaminated with harmful bacteria. Beginning ...
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Lack of Evidence that Actions Resulted in Response Costs Precludes Company’s Liability

The United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan recently held that an association of paper companies was not entitled to recover the cost of cleaning up a site under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and ...
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Laparoscopic Surgery

Laparoscopy, in one form or another has been in use for more than half a century. However, in recent years the medical profession and Health Insurance Industry has promoted and advertised the application of laparoscopic surgical procedures over ...
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Latex Balloons Banned From Hospitals

No Latex Balloons, Please! That is the new sign being posted through out hospitals in the United States and Canada. The hospitals are adopting a "no latex balloons" policy in an effort to reduce their patients' and staff members' exposure to latex ...
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