The Health Law Firm

DECEMBER 22, 2014

By George F. Indest III, J.D., M.P.A., LL.M., Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law. This past year our firm has attended more medical industry events than ever before. Needless to say, our law firm table is not the most popular hangout spot. If we had a penny for every time we have heard "Yikes, an attorney! I hope I never need you." we could close our doors and all retire.

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The Health Law Firm

DECEMBER 11, 2014

By George F. Indest III, J.D., M.P.A., LL.M., Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law Stop me if you've heard this one before: the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recently increased Medicare's authority over physicians and other health care providers. On December 3, 2014, CMS released these new anti-fraud measures. This matters to physicians and health care providers because Medicare now maintains the authority to deny or revoke the enrollment of medical providers for m

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The Health Law Firm

DECEMBER 24, 2014

By Lance O. Leider, J.D., The Health Law Firm Under a new proposed rule hospitals and other health care facilities would have to give equal rights to the spouse of same sex and straight patients as long as the marriages are legal somewhere in the country. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued the proposed rule broadening the definition of "representative" and "spouse" in its Medicare and Medicaid conditions of participation and conditions of coverage.

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