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...more
From new fraud and abuse rules, to telehealth and tax legislation to health care privacy and private equity in the healthcare space, a lot has changed in health law over the past year. Please join us for a two-day virtual...more
10/28/2021
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Continuing Legal Education ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Security ,
Federal Taxes ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
Fraud and Abuse ,
Health Care Providers ,
Healthcare Facilities ,
Healthcare Fraud ,
Healthcare Reform ,
Hospitals ,
Mental Health ,
New Rules ,
Non-Compete Agreements ,
Pending Legislation ,
Physicians ,
Popular ,
Private Equity ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Stark Law ,
Surprise Medical Bills ,
Tax Legislation ,
Telehealth ,
Value-Based Care ,
Webinars
The Office of the Inspector General (“OIG”) for the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) has developed a process for interested parties to obtain regulatory compliance guidance from the OIG prior to pursuing ...more
In early August, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued proposed regulations that provide guidance to owners of pass-through businesses as to eligibility for a federal tax deduction of 20% of the income generated by the...more
Over the past few years, hospitals, health systems and practice management companies have increased their efforts to acquire physician practices. Moreover, physician groups are increasingly interested in selling their...more
Where is your PHI Data Traveling Today?
With most vendors offering and pushing cloud computing solutions and offsite data backup, or guaranteeing offsite backup of data they process for you, many HIPAA covered entities and...more
8/28/2017
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Clinical Trials ,
Data Protection ,
Employee Benefits ,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) ,
Health Care Providers ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
HITECH Act ,
International Data Transfers ,
Pensions ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
PHI ,
Retirement Plan
Physicians who are involved in the financial management of their practices are all too familiar with the year-end scramble to “zero out” the corporation’s profits. Under this technique, a physician practice that is structured...more
Restrictions on Fees Permitted under HIPAA for Copies of Medical Records -
When health care providers provide copies of medical records to an individual patient or to third parties at the direction of that individual...more
10/10/2016
/ C-Corporation ,
Corporate Bonuses ,
Dividends ,
Fees ,
Health Care Providers ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Medical Records ,
OCR ,
Physicians ,
Professional Services Companies ,
Safe Harbors ,
Shareholder Distributions ,
Tax Court ,
Year-End Tax Planning
Recent Developments in Mental Health Benefit Denials -
The Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (Parity Act) requires health plans to provide the same coverage for mental health conditions as they provide for...more
7/26/2016
/ Audits ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Health Care Providers ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Insurance Industry ,
IRS ,
Mental Health Parity Rule ,
Mobile Apps ,
New Guidance ,
Partnerships ,
TEFRA
The Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 (the “BBA”), which was signed into law in November 2015, contains significant changes to the way the IRS will audit partnerships beginning in 2018. These changes will also have far ranging...more
6/10/2016
/ Audits ,
Bipartisan Budget ,
Business Taxes ,
C-Corporation ,
Health Care Providers ,
IRS ,
Limited Liability Company (LLC) ,
Partnerships ,
S-Corporation ,
TEFRA ,
Treasury
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has traditionally paid health care providers separately for each of the individual services they furnish to beneficiaries for a single illness or course of treatment. This...more