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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The Link Between Medicaid and Social Security Coverage of Children Under Welfare Reform

Under the new law, the definition of childhood disability is no longer linked to the definition of disability for adults. The reference to "comparable severity" in the old law has been deleted. The new definition says: (1) an individual under the ...
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The Link Between Medicaid and the Immigration Provisions of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act of 1996

The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act of 1996 (P.L. 104-193) identifies two categories of legal immigrants: "qualified aliens" and others. A "qualified alien" is an alien who is lawfully admitted for permanent residence under ...
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The Medicaid Application Process

In order to qualify for Medicaid benefits you should first speak to an attorney who is knowledgeable in the area of Medicaid eligibility. The Medicaid application form is a complex legal document. The Medicaid application form asks many complicated ...
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The New Food Label

Grocery store aisles have become avenues to greater nutritional knowledge.The new food label makes it possible. Under new regulations from the Food and Drug Administration of the Department of Health and Human Services and the Food Safety and ...
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The New HIPAA Privacy Rule: What Is It and Who Should Care?

HIPAA is the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996. In trying to streamline the complicated and fragmented health care system and reduce costs, Congress included within HIPAA what it entitled "Administrative Simplification ...
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The Ol’ One-for-One: The Matter of Referrals

John Smith was injured when the vehicle in which he was a passenger was rear-ended by a pickup truck. After being taken by ambulance to the local hospital, he followed with chiropractic treatment for his injuries by calling Don Doctor, whom he was ...
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The Power of Private Annuity Plans

Are you concerned about preserving your family's wealth in the event of a nursing home ...
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The Principle Requirements of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act Relating to Foods

Below is a synopsis of the principal requirements of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act relating to foods, in nonlegal language. The numbers in parentheses are the pertinent sections of the statute itself, or sections (secs.) in Title 21 of ...
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The Privacy of Medical Records

The deadline for Congressional action on privacy legislation is August 21, 1999. If Congress fails to act then the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is mandated to implement its own rules governing the use and protection of patient ...
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The Procedures for Obtaining a Liquor License in Illinois

Article provided by Ciesla and Ciesla, PC. Please visit our Web site. In the state of Illinois, there are number of steps an applicant must take in order to obtain a liquor license. However, before the process begins, an applicant will have to ...
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