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Health Law Blog Legal and practical healthcare information. Posted on April 16, 2024 April 26, 2024 Billee Lightvoet Ward Look Before You Leap – Early Determination of Product Classification and Regulatory Pathway for FDA-Regulated Products Originally published in Healthcare Michigan, Volume 41, No. 4 The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulates foods and beverages, drugs and medical devices, biologics, dietary supplements, tobacco products, veterinary products, and cosmetics. Although these various product categories may appear to be clearly cut, the fact of the matter is that a product can very easily cross … Continue reading Look Before You Leap – Early Determination of Product Classification and Regulatory Pathway for FDA-Regulated Products” Posted on March 20, 2024 April 1, 2024 Andrew Sparks Providers Face Government Scrutiny Over COVID Coverage For Uninsured Originally published in Healthcare Michigan, Volume 41, No. 3 The Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) was enacted in March 2020 as part of the government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The FFCRA, among other things, provided funds for diagnostic testing and services for people without insurance for COVID-19. These funds were distributed through the … Continue reading Providers Face Government Scrutiny Over COVID Coverage For Uninsured” Posted on March 12, 2024 March 14, 2024 Christopher Ryan NY Doctor Indicted for Medicare Fraud Related to Genetic Testing and Equipment The government is continuing to take a close look at laboratory testing in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. On February 21, 2024, a federal grand jury in New Jersey issued a superseding indictment against a New York physician. The indictment claims the physician committed healthcare fraud and conspired to defraud the United States by … Continue reading NY Doctor Indicted for Medicare Fraud Related to Genetic Testing and Equipment” Posted on March 5, 2024 Kimberly Ruppel How Did They Get My Protected Health Information? It is no secret that protected health information (or PHI”) is more and more at risk for cybersecurity attacks. In 2022 (the most recent year this statistic is available), the Department for Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (OCR”) received over 30,000 new complaints alleging violations of HIPAA and, in addition to other … Continue reading How Did They Get My Protected Health Information?” Posted on February 27, 2024 March 14, 2024 Kimberly Ruppel Telehealth Update: Controlled Substances & E/M Claims Prior to the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE”), the federal Ryan Haight Act allowed a provider to prescribe controlled substance medications to a patient only after conducting an in-person evaluation of that patient (with limited exceptions). At the beginning of the PHE, the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA”) granted temporary exceptions to the in-person requirement and … Continue reading Telehealth Update: Controlled Substances & E/M Claims” Posted on February 19, 2024 Seth Waxman 6 Key Steps to Respond to a Health Care Investigation (and Related Issues) Originally published in Healthcare Michigan, Volume 41, No. 2 The United States Department of Justice (DOJ”) and state law enforcement agencies have robust teams investigating and prosecuting health care fraud. Law enforcement often uses advanced data analytics and algorithmic methods to identify newly emerging health care fraud schemes. DOJ also employs nine regional strike forces located … Continue reading 6 Key Steps to Respond to a Health Care Investigation (and Related Issues)” Posted on January 19, 2024 January 31, 2024 Kathleen Campbell Walker A State-Based Cure – Interested Government Agency J-1 Waivers for Physicians Originally published in Healthcare Michigan, Volume 41, No. 1 Recently, the president of the American Medical Association, Jesse M. Ehrenfeld, MD, stated in a national address that the physician shortage long-feared is here and that It’s an urgent crisis…hitting every corner of this country—urban and rural—with the most direct impacting hitting families with high needs and limited … Continue reading A State-Based Cure – Interested Government Agency J-1 Waivers for Physicians” Posted on December 27, 2023 January 3, 2024 Ralph Levy Jr. Top Issues in Negotiating Physician Employment Agreements Originally published in Healthcare Michigan, Volume 40, No. 12 Successful negotiation of physician employment agreements requires a careful balance of the objectives of the prospective employer with those of the prospective employee while ensuring that the negotiated agreement complies with the federal and state laws that apply to agreements of this type. The prospective employer wants … Continue reading Top Issues in Negotiating Physician Employment Agreements” Posted on November 21, 2023 December 1, 2023 Suzanne Sukkar and Kathleen Campbell Walker Major Nursing Shortages? Foreign National Nursing Intervention as a Plan of Care. Originally published in Healthcare Michigan, Volume 40, No. 11 The nursing profession’s vital signs are unstable and require an intervention. The single largest occupation of health care workers is Registered Nurses (RN). It is also the fifth largest profession nationally.[1] Yet the nursing profession is facing extreme shortages as the need for health care workers grows. Specifically, … Continue reading Major Nursing Shortages? Foreign National Nursing Intervention as a Plan of Care.” Posted on October 24, 2023 November 13, 2023 Mark Wilson and Allison Tuohy Value-Based Care Ushers in a New Era for Primary Care Providers Originally published in Healthcare Michigan, Volume 40, No. 10 In an age of highly polarized opinions, there is a common consensus to address the rapidly rising health care costs in the United States. Research shows that the US average gross national product for health care costs is 17.1% while the rest of the world average is … Continue reading Value-Based Care Ushers in a New Era for Primary Care Providers” Posts navigation Page 1 Page 2 … Page 28 Next page Search for: Search Subscribe to this Blog View Survey Categories Behavioral Health Care Corporate Health Care COVID-19 DHHS Health Benefits Health Care Antitrust Health Care Litigation Health Care Privacy & Cybersecurity Health Care Providers HIPAA Pharmaceuticals Technology Telehealth Archives April 2024 March 2024 February 2024 January 2024 December 2023 November 2023 October 2023 August 2023 July 2023 June 2023 May 2023 April 2023 March 2023 February 2023 January 2023 December 2022 November 2022 October 2022 August 2022 July 2022 June 2022 May 2022 April 2022 March 2022 February 2022 January 2022 December 2021 November 2021 October 2021 August 2021 July 2021 June 2021 May 2021 April 2021 March 2021 February 2021 January 2021 December 2020 November 2020 October 2020 September 2020 August 2020 July 2020 June 2020 April 2020 March 2020 February 2020 January 2020 November 2019 October 2019 August 2019 July 2019 June 2019 May 2019 April 2019 March 2019 February 2019 December 2018 October 2018 September 2018 August 2018 July 2018 June 2018 May 2018 April 2018 March 2018 February 2018 January 2018 December 2017 November 2017 October 2017 September 2017 August 2017 July 2017 June 2017 May 2017 April 2017 March 2017 January 2017 November 2016 October 2016 September 2016 August 2016 July 2016 June 2016 May 2016 April 2016 March 2016 February 2016 January 2016 November 2015 October 2015 September 2015 August 2015 May 2015 April 2015 March 2015 February 2015 January 2015 November 2014 October 2014 September 2014 August 2014 July 2014 May 2014 April 2014 March 2014 February 2014 January 2014 November 2013 October 2013 September 2013 August 2013 July 2013 June 2013 May 2013 April 2013 March 2013 February 2013 January 2013 December 2012 November 2012 October 2012 September 2012 Categories Behavioral Health Care Corporate Health Care COVID-19 DHHS Health Benefits Health Care Antitrust Health Care Litigation Health Care...