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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Medicolegal Issues Regarding Lifelong Care
AS THE INCIDENCE of long-term survival of persons with traumatic brain injury increases, the need for lifelong care may increase as well. Survivors of closed head injury are being returned to home or community centers seeking treatment to maintain ...
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Misleading Advertising
SSA Publication No. 05-10005 July 1996 Countless consumers nationwide are victimized by misleading advertisers who use "Social Security" or "Medicare" to entice the public. Often, these companies offer Social Security services for a fee even ...
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Multnomah County Requires Smoke-Free Workplace by July 1, 2000
Effective July 1, 2000, all places of public and private employment in Multnomah County, must be smoke free. Multnomah County Ordinance 937, adopted on December 16th, prohibits smoking in all enclosed areas that employees frequent in carrying out ...
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Navigating the Next CERCLA Labyrinth: A Checklist for Defending Natural Resource Damages Claims at Hazardous Waste Sites
Since its enactment in 1980, the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act ("CERCLA") has dramatically altered the legal landscape concerning hazardous substance liability and remediation. During this time, CERCLA's ...
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Nebraska Court Finds Latex Allergic Surgical RN Totally Disabled Under the “Odd Lot Doctrine”
In one of the most significant decisions yet to be rendered by a Court, a surgical registered nurse was declared to be totally and permanently disabled because of her latex allergy. The court declared that the nurse could not work outside of her ...
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Negligence Law Reform: How It Will Hurt You
This article concerns the newly proposed legislation facing our lawmakers in the U.S. Congress that will directly impact each and every one of our lives. This proposed legislation will significantly restrict our nation's civil law system ...
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New Amendment to Pennsylvania’s Hazardous Material Emergency Planning and Response Act
On December 20, 2000, Governor Ridge signed into law the first amendments to the Hazardous Material Emergency Planning and Response Act since its initial enactment in 1990. The act will take effect on February 18, 2001. There are a number of changes ...
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New Federal Brownfields Initiatives: Economic Development Forum:Recycling Industrial Land
The redevelopment of "brownfields" is a major issue in the 1990's. Recent federal initiatives are designed to remove barriers to redevelopment of brownfields by reducing the circumstances under which the developer and lender will be held liable for ...
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New Florida Legislation Insulates Health Care Entities from Liability and Reduces Costs for Credentialing Certification
Credentialing is the process of assessing and validating the qualifications of a licensed health care professional. Currently there is no standardized credentialing process and both providers and health care entities alike have found the process to ...
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New Health Options Available Under Medicare+Choice
The Department of Health and Human Services today announced a regulation describing how health plans and organizations can become part of the new Medicare+Choice program. Starting in January 1999, in addition to original fee-for-services Medicare ...
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