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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CERCLA Summary

CERCLA (pronounced SIR-cla) provides a Federal .Superfund. to clean up uncontrolled or abandoned hazardous-waste sites as well as accidents, spills, and other emergency releases of pollutants and contaminants into the environment. Through the Act ...
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Changes in GAAP Put Spotlight on Environmental Disclosure

Recent changes to accounting rules governing asset retirement obligations, particularly with respect to environmental legal obligations, have put the spotlight on environmental disclosure. The new rules are quite complex and ambiguous. Many of the ...
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Changes in Physician Incentive Plan Regulations

December 3, 1996 Medicare Managed Care Organizations State Medicaid Agencies Changes in Physician Incentive Plan Regulation This communication provides an update on the requirements of the HCFA regulation on Physician Incentive Plans in Prepaid ...
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Chrysler Not Liable As Successor At Willow Run Site

The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan has rejected claims that Chrysler Corporation (Chrysler) is subject to successor liability for cleaning up the Willow Run Creek Site based on the actions of a subsidiary of a ...
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Client Alert April 2000

In This Issue: Hospitals with Off-Site Clinics and/or Management Contracts Beware: The Medicare Programs Provider-Based Regulations are Here In a move that may have significant impact on the Medicare certification status of both hospital departments ...
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CMS Loosens Restrictions on Medicare Billing Reassignment of Physician Fees

Hospitals, hospital systems, clinics, medical groups, and physicians receive longÂ–awaited relief from Medicare's limits on who can bill for the services of physicians. Billing reassignment rules permit only the physician who actually furnishes the ...
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Common Injuries That Can Occur During the Birth Process

This information is provided by The Law Office of Robert H. Kleinschmidt, P.C. Please visit our Web site. During delivery, many different risks have the potential to cause injury. These risks are present before, during and after birth and known to ...
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Common Questions

If I transferred money to my children now would I have to wait thirty-six months before I could be eligible for Medicaid? Not necessarily. The thirty-six month rule that your question refers to concerns the waiting period for Medicaid benefits. The ...
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Connecticut’s Largest Law Firm Using Preventive Medicine to Block Exposure to Health Care Fraud

Connecticut's largest law firm is tapping expertise from each of its offices to create a special task force to address health care investigations by federal and state authorities. The task force of lawyers will work with clients to develop ...
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Conservatorships

A conservatorship is "a court proceeding to appoint a manager for the financial affairs and/or the personal care of one who is either physically or mentally unable to handle either one or both." 1) A conservatorship shifts the responsibility of ...
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