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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PAYERID: More Than A Number
In April 1994, the Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) began development of a unique identifier that would allow all health care payers, including Medicare and Medicaid, to use one national numbering system to identify each health plan that ...
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Pennsylvania Innocent Purchaser Agreements for Brownfield Sites
Pennsylvania Brownfields redevelopment received a major jump-start with the passage of the Land Recycling and Environmental Remediation Standards Act (often referred to as Act 2) in 1995. Act 2 provides for numerical and risk based clean-up ...
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PhRMA v. Walsh: The Supreme Court’s First Word in the Latest Conflict Between States and Drug Companies Over the Price of Prescriptions
Reprinted from Pharma VOICE, July 2004 In May 2003, the United States Supreme Court rendered a decision of significant interest to pharmaceutical manufacturers in Pharmaceutical Research & Mfrs. of Am. v. Walsh, 538 U.S. 644, 123 S.Ct. 1855 (2003 ...
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Physician Diagnosed with ADD States Claim Under ADA
The Third Circuit permitted a physician with staff privileges at a private hospital to bring a claim of disability discrimination against the hospital under Title III of the ADA when the hospital suspended his privileges after he was diagnosed with ...
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Physician Lien Act Strictly Interpreted: Courts Give no Leeway in Requiring Compliance
The Illinois Appellate Court has ruled that strict compliance with the Physician Lien Act is required in order for a physician to have an enforceable lien.In the recent case of Meier vs. Olivero, the court determined that the physician, Dr. Meier ...
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Physician Network Divestitures: Unwinding Flawed Strategic Initiatives
The healthcare integration strategies of the mid-1990s have had mixed results. While some hospitals have successfully implemented physician network initiatives, many have experienced significant losses. A recent Ernst & Young study estimates that 96 ...
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Physicians Liens
Physician providers of emergency and non-emergency medical services to personal injury patients may find "self-pay" and/or "insured" patients refusing to pay for the services, citing that they have sued the tortfeasor for their injuries. Should a ...
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Points to Consider for the Use of Recycled Plastics in Food Packaging: Chemistry Considerations
Points to Consider for the Use of Recycled Plastics in Food Packaging: Chemistry ConsiderationsThis informal guidance was developed to assist manufacturers of food packaging in evaluating processes for producing packaging from post-consumer recycled ...
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Pre-CERCLA Sale Agreement Held to Transfer Liabilities Arising Under Later Laws
From Riker Danzig Environmental UPDATE, August 1999. In a recent opinion, White Consolidated Industries, Inc. v. Westinghouse Electric Corporation, the Sixth Circuit held that an action by a purchaser of real property for remediation and ...
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Prior Owners and Operators Held Not Liable For Passive Migration of Contamination
A federal appeals court recently held that prior owners and operators of contaminated property were not liable under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA) for "passive migration" of contamination, which is ...
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