More Than 20 Years Of Experience In The Field Of Health Care Law
A group of regulations under the Healthcare Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) of 1996 affects millions of individuals and entities in the United States, changing the daily business operations of organizations in a variety of industries. Are you one...
With the instruction to stay home for older Americans who are at greatest risk from COVID-19 issued through presidential updates, CDC, NIH, experts, home health is in a unique position to both screen, education and care for patients who are restricted to home. Many...
We are proud to announce that our very own Mark Kennedy has been chosen by his peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America© in the fields of Health Care Law. Since it was first published in 1983, Best Lawyers has become universally regarded as the definitive...
Read health care law and business reporter Matt Phifer’s story on one of our preliminary injunction cases in the Southern District of Texas. The injunction prevents HHS from withholding/recouping Medicare payments from our client during the lead up to the...
Telemedicine is the wave of the future for health care. The use of technology for health concerns has risen in the past five years and is expected to grow 18.8% annually until 2025. Estimates project 7 million patients will use telemedicine services in 2018. Despite...
Under Stark law, doctors are prevented from making self-referrals. More precisely, physicians are restricted from referring Medicare and Medicaid patients to a DHS (designated health services) provider if that provider has a financial relationship with the physician....
Health care practice administrators often receive frustrating communications from insurance companies. The last-minute requests for credentialing renewals can be especially upsetting because of the amount of information you must submit. The easiest way to handle...
Despite the fact that most doctors and their staff use good judgement when it comes to patient care, there are thousands of medical malpractice lawsuits brought each year. Mistakes do occur but just not all medical malpractice cases are justified and not all...
In 2009, legislation authorized the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid (CMS) to offer health care providers financial incentives to use certified electronic health recording technology (CEHRT) to keep electronic health records (EHRs) on patients. Learn about...
Like everyone else, physicians and health-care professionals have taken to texting in a big way. Results of a recent study of health care providers revealed that 64% percent of the physicians surveyed regularly use SMS (text) messaging to send and receive patient data...
