The Health Law Firm
MAY 25, 2012
By George F. Indest III, J.D., M.P.A., LL.M., Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law. A professor at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst is appealing a final order issued by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) that prohibits him from growing marijuana for medical research purposes. Appeals Court Hears Oral Arguments in Medical Marijuana Research Case.
The Health Law Firm
MAY 24, 2012
By George F. Indest III, J.D., M.P.A., LL.M., Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law. A Florida cardiologist recently had his medical license emergently suspended by the Florida Department of Health (DOH) for performing stem cell treatments. According to the emergency suspension order (ESO), the DOH had previously warned the doctor to stop performing these treatments in 2011.
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The Health Law Firm
MAY 23, 2012
By George F. Indest III, J.D., M.P.A., LL.M., Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law The Florida Legislature unanimously passed HB 653 which relaxes some of the draconian exclusions enacted under SB 1986, which went into effect on July 1, 2009. SB 1986, which added provisions to Chapter 456, Florida Statutes, among others, prevented numerous healthcare providers from obtaining or renewing licenses based on prior criminal convictions, which could have occurred decades earlier.
The Health Law Firm
MAY 22, 2012
By George F. Indest III, J.D., M.P.A., LL.M., Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law. Cardinal Health has reached a settlement with the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). The settlement suspends Cardinal Health's ability to ship controlled substances from its Florida distribution facility for two years. The company will now supply controlled substances from its distribution center in Jackson, Mississippi.
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The Health Law Firm
MAY 20, 2012
By George F. Indest III, J.D., M.P.A., LL.M., Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law Registered nurses at ten HCA hospitals in Florida have reached a collective bargaining agreement with the hospital chain. After negotiating for over a year, National Nurses United--a union for registered nurses--announced that it finalized the agreement with HCA on May 7, 2012.
The Health Law Firm
MAY 18, 2012
By George F. Indest III, J.D., M.P.A., LL.M., Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law. A California college student was left in a small holding cell by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) for five days without food, water, or a toilet. He believes that the DEA forgot about him. He was taken by agents during a late April 2012 drug raid on his friend's house in which nine people were arrested.
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The Health Law Firm
MAY 16, 2012
By George F. Indest III, J.D., M.P.A., LL.M., Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law. If you are contacted by a Florida Department of Health investigator, did you know that you cannot be required to make a statement or give information that can be used against you? If you are being investigated you have a right to refuse to speak with an investigator pursuant to the Fifth Amendment of the US Constitution and the equivalent rights given by the Florida Constitution, Article 1, Section 9.
The Health Law Firm
MAY 15, 2012
By George F. Indest III, J.D., M.P.A., LL.M., Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law. In Florida, You DO NOT Have to Speak to an Investigator! Despite mailing out hundreds of thousands of postcards and letters to physicians, nurses, dentists, pharmacists, and psychologists throughout Florida, we continue to receive calls from new clients and from potential clients, after they have already spoken to and made critical harmful admissions against their own interests to investigators.
The Health Law Firm
MAY 14, 2012
By George F. Indest III, J.D., M.P.A., LL.M., Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law. When Was the Last Time You Checked Your Addresses on File with CMS/Medicare? When was the last time you checked all four of the addresses you should have on file for any individual or any group/company Medicare number you may have? The consequences of not doing so can be severe.
The Health Law Firm
MAY 11, 2012
By George F. Indest III, J.D., M.P.A., LL.M. Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law. If you are scheduled to appear for an informal hearing before the Florida Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage & Family Therapy & Mental Health Counseling, there are a number of facts that you will want to know in order to be properly prepared. This article will cover many of them.
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The Health Law Firm
MAY 10, 2012
By George F. Indest III, J.D., M.P.A., LL.M., Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is now alerting hospitals that it has completed the review of their medical resident Federal Insurance Contributions Act (FICA) refund claims. The first hospitals to be notified may receive their FICA refund checks as early as May 2012.
The Health Law Firm
MAY 9, 2012
By George F. Indest III, J.D., M.P.A., LL.M. Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law. If you are scheduled to appear for an informal hearing before the Florida Board of Pharmacy, there are a number of facts that you will want to know in order to be properly prepared. This article will cover many of them. Limited Circumstances for Informal Administrative Hearing.
The Health Law Firm
MAY 9, 2012
By George F. Indest III, J.D., M.P.A., LL.M., Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law The United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has reached a settlement with Phoenix Cardiac Surgery (PCS) over alleged Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 ( HIPAA ) violations. The settlement was reached on April 17, 2012 and requires PSC to pay OCR $100,000 and enter into a one-year corrective action plan (CAP).
The Health Law Firm
MAY 8, 2012
By George F. Indest III, J.D., M.P.A., LL.M., Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law. Three US Senators have teamed up to request an evaluation of state medical boards. This bipartisan effort was initiated at the end of February 2012 when Senators Charles Grassley (R-Iowa), Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) and Max Baucus (D-Mont.) sent a letter to the director of the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
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The Health Law Firm
MAY 7, 2012
By George F. Indest III, J.D., M.P.A., LL.M. Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law If you are scheduled to appear for an informal hearing before the Florida Board of Dentistry, there are a number of facts that you will want to know in order to be properly prepared. This article will cover many of them. Limited Circumstances for Informal Administrative Hearing First, you should understand that you will only be at an informal hearing in which you appear before the Board of Denstistry it
The Health Law Firm
MAY 4, 2012
According to media reports, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has traced a rare fungal infection to a Central Florida pharmacy. As reported, Franck's Compounding Lab, located in Ocala, Florida, is believed to be at least partially responsible for spreading a rare fungal eye infection to over 30 patients across the US. The CDC reports that eye drops and injections traced back to the lab caused the infections.
The Health Law Firm
MAY 4, 2012
By George F. Indest III, J.D., M.P.A., LL.M., Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law. Over 100 doctors, nurses and other health professionals were arrested on charges relating to Medicare fraud by federal agents on May 2, 2012. The arrests were made in seven cities nationwide, but more than half took place in South Florida. This was a multi-agency attack on health providers involving law enforcement agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Department of Health and Human S
The Health Law Firm
MAY 3, 2012
By George F. Indest III, J.D., M.P.A., LL.M. Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law If you are scheduled to appear for an informal hearing before the Florida Board of Nursing, there are a number of facts that you will want to know in order to be properly prepared. This article will cover many of them. Limited Circumstances for Informal Administrative Hearing First, you should understand that you will only be at an informal hearing in which you appear before the Board of Nursing itself
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The Health Law Firm
MAY 3, 2012
By George F. Indest III, J.D., M.P.A., LL.M., Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law. In the last century, major changes in health care and technology, as well as simple progress in such innocuous conveniences such as public water fountains, have dramatically improved the quality of life. These have increased the average life expectancy in the United States from 47 years in 1900 to 78 years in 2011 almost doubling life expectancies.
The Health Law Firm
MAY 2, 2012
By George F. Indest III, J.D., M.P.A., LL.M., Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law In the last century, major changes in health care and technology, as well as simple progress in such innocuous conveniences such as public water fountains, have dramatically improved the quality of life. These have increased the average life expectancy in the United States from 47 years in 1900 to 78 years in 2011 almost doubling life expectancies.
The Health Law Firm
MAY 2, 2012
By George F. Indest III, J.D., M.P.A., LL.M. Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law If you are scheduled to appear for an informal hearing before the Florida Board of Medicine, there are a number of facts that you will want to know in order to be properly prepared. This article will cover many of them. Limited Circumstances for Informal Administrative Hearing.
The Health Law Firm
MAY 2, 2012
By George F. Indest III, J.D., M.P.A., LL.M., Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law. We have recently received notice from the Florida Department of Health (DOH) that Florida pharmacies have been receiving fraudulent letters from someone claiming to be from "DOH Investigative Services.". These fake letters contain numerous errors including poor grammar, incorrect letterhead and an incorrect phone number.
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The Health Law Firm
MAY 2, 2012
By George F. Indest III, J.D., M.P.A., LL.M. Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law If you are scheduled to appear for an informal hearing before the Florida Board of Psychology, there are a number of facts that you will want to know in order to be properly prepared. This article will cover many of them. Limited Circumstances for Informal Administrative Hearing.
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