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

Consumer Assistance for Older People Under the Older Americans Act

While conditions for older Americans have improved markedly since the passage of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (OAA), many older persons are denied their basic rights and benefits and suffer abusive situations, ranging from financial exploitation ...
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CONSUMER FRAUD: Spotting and Protecting Yourself Against It A General Primer : Health

Health and Fitness Clubs Long-Term Care Insurance Medical Quackery Weight Loss As more companies have become involved in the lucrative fitness industry, problems with health spas have grown. Some health and fitness centers have closed their doors ...
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Coordinating Efforts to Secure American Public Water Supplies

This article is co-authored by Tim De Young and Adam Gravley, a partner in the Seattle office of Preston Gates and Ellis, LLP, and was first published in Natural Resources and Environment, Volume 16, Number 3, Winter 2002, a publication of the ...
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Cosmetic Good Manufacturing Practice Guidelines

Cosmetic HandbookThe Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act prohibits the introduction or delivery for introduction into interstate commerce of cosmetics that are adulterated or misbranded (Sec. 301). A cosmetic may be deemed adulterated (Sec. 601 ...
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Cosmetic Labeling

Federal regulations require ingredients to be listed on product labels in descending order by quantity. Consumers can check the ingredient listing to identify ingredients they wish to avoid. Based on the amount used, an ingredient such as water is ...
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Court Upholds EPA Approval for Disposal of PCB Wastes

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) did not err in approving the disposal of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB) at a landfill in Van Buren Township (Township), and the Township's challenge to the approval is without merit, a federal ...
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Current Opportunities for Hospitality Industry in Asia

The Asian economic crisis that began last fall, as well as Japan's lingering economic stagnation following collapse of the asset-inflation "bubble" in 1991, have caused the worlds' political and economic leaders substantial anxiety due to the ...
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Dealing with Physicians’ Misconduct at the Hospital

Hospitals usually have written policies that explain the concepts of sexual harassment and hostile work environments, including descriptions of the types of impermissible conduct, and the remedial actions that may be taken against employees pending ...
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Defusing the Y2K Tiime Bomb

It has become fashionable to lament and portend the end of the world as we know it under the guise of the so-called "Year 2000" (Y2K) problem or "Millennium Bug." Almost every day, major news outlets, including television and print media, are ...
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Department of Health and Human Services Advisory Opinion: Discounted Ambulance Services

We have redacted specific information regarding the requester and certain potentially privileged, confidential or financial information associated with the individual or entity, unless otherwise specified by the requestor. Posted: March 4, 1999 ...
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