Over the last few weeks, you may have received information from vendors or seen segments on the news regarding the adoption of the EMV standard by the payments industry. While many in the industry have a clear understanding of what EMV is and how it might impact business, for small […]
Health Law Alert
NY Federal Judge Rules on False Claims Act’s 60-Day Rule
on Friday, 4 September 2015 in
Health Law Alert: Kristin N. Lindgren, Editor
The August 3, 2015 ruling in Kane ex rel. United States et al. v. Healthfirst et al. is the first judicial interpretation of the 60-day rule under the federal False Claims Act. Many seminar hours have been spent among health lawyers as they sought to understand what it would take […]
Office for Civil Rights Announces Consolidation
on Wednesday, 19 August 2015 in
Health Law Alert: Kristin N. Lindgren, Editor
On June 16, 2015, the Department of Health and Human Services announced a reorganization of its regional offices which will have a significant effect on our clients. The former Region VII Office, located in Kansas City, Missouri (which previously covered Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas, and Missouri), has now been consolidated into […]
Citizens Medical Center Settlement Raises Renewed FMV Concerns
on Tuesday, 11 August 2015 in
Health Law Alert: Kristin N. Lindgren, Editor
The recent settlement in the Citizens Medical Center case highlights fair market value (“FMV”) concerns in Stark cases, and particularly a trend to consider operating losses in hospital-owned practices. The case involved various physician relationships of Citizens Medical Center, a 344-bed acute care county hospital in Victoria, Texas. Like most […]
Proposed New Stark Exceptions May Particularly Benefit Rural Providers
on Friday, 7 August 2015 in
Health Law Alert: Kristin N. Lindgren, Editor
On July 15, 2015, The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) signaled its intent to implement two new exceptions to the Ethics in Patient Referral Act (“Stark”) and ease a number of other compliance burdens. These are proposed rules and rule changes; final versions will likely be published in […]
