The Health Law Firm

SEPTEMBER 26, 2013

By George F. Indest III, J.D., M.P.A., LL.M., Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law The Health Insurance and Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Privacy and Security Rules were amended by an Omnibus Final Rule published by the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) in January 2013. The most significant changes involve business associates who are now directly subject to the mandates of the HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules and HIPAA enforcement.

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The Health Law Firm

SEPTEMBER 25, 2013

By George F. Indest III, J.D., M.P.A., LL.M., Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law The Health Insurance and Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Privacy and Security Rules were amended by an Omnibus Final Rule published by the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) in January 2013. By September 23, 2013, hospitals, physicians, covered entities and business associates must comply with the new changes.

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The Health Law Firm

SEPTEMBER 24, 2013

By Cori Powers, Marketing Director, The Health Law Firm Attorneys Christopher E. Brown and Lance O. Leider with The Health Law Firm will be giving a presentation on Thursday, September 26, 2013, to the members of the Medical Office Resources of Florida (MOROF) and attending health care providers. This presentation is called, “Medicare and Medicaid Audits: Ready or Not, Here They Come.” The lecture is open, but attendees must register.

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The Health Law Firm

SEPTEMBER 24, 2013

By George F. Indest III, J.D., M.P.A., LL.M., Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Privacy and Security Rules were amended by an Omnibus Final Rule published by the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) in January 2013. The Omnibus Final Rule marks the most significant changes to the HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules since they were first implemented.

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The Health Law Firm

SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

By George F. Indest III, J.D., M.P.A., LL.M., Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law A group of Florida radiation oncology service providers settled a whistleblower or qui tam lawsuit for $3.5 million, according to the Department of Justice (DOJ) on September 13, 2013. The providers were accused of defrauding Medicare, Medicaid and TRICARE by performing unnecessary and improperly supervised procedures from 2007 until 2011.

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The Health Law Firm

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

By George F. Indest III, J.D., M.P.A., LL.M., Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law The clock is ticking. It is just a little over a year away until the switch to ICD-10. If you are not already preparing for the fall 2014, implementation, you should be. ICD-9 codes will be replaced, after more than 30 years, with ICD-10 codes. The mandatory implementation date is October 1, 2014.

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The Health Law Firm

SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

The author of this is article is Mark Rieber, a legal research attorney with National Legal Research Group in Charlottesville, Virginia. A growing number of state courts have ruled that expert testimony concerning the phenomenon of false confessions may be admissible in a criminal trial. The Supreme Court of Michigan recently addressed this matter and held that while such expert testimony is potentially admissible, the expert testimony at issue before the court was based on unreliable research a

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The Health Law Firm

SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

By George F. Indest III, J.D., M.P.A., LL.M., Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, will pay $1.5 million to settle claims it overbilled Medicare and Medicaid for cancer clinical trial services that were not permitted by the Medicare and Medicaid rules. This announcement from the Department of Justice (DOJ) was released on August 28, 2013.

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