The Healthcare Facility Operations Interest Group focuses on matters governing the operations of hospitals and other healthcare facilities, including Medicare, Medicaid, EMTALA, state and local licensure laws and regulations, and standards of national organizations such as the Joint Commission, among others. Examples of issues covered include: legal duties of the governing body, medical staff bylaws and credentialing, improving quality of care, medical errors reporting/liability, medical ethics, conflicts of interest, licensure, compliance, internal audits, and investigations. This Interest Group also undertakes the following activities: monitors enforcement activity; follows and, where appropriate and applicable, comments on legislative and regulatory developments; and serves as a forum for the exchange of information and debate on these activities. The Interest Group will seek to develop a sub-group to focus on long term care facilities and the issues related thereto.

2009 - 2010 Healthcare Facility Operations Interest Group Action Plan

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Current Interest Group Roster (459 members)
(Accessible to ABA Members)

Chair:
Tracy Powell
Sherrard & Roe, PLLC
Nashville, TN

Vice Chairs:
Jacqueline C. Kingsolver
Catholic Health Initiatives
Erlanger, KY

Neil Kunkel
LifePoint Hospitals Inc
Brentwood, TN

Conrad Meyer
Chaffe McCall LLP
New Orleans, LA

Kathy Poppitt
Cox Smith
Austin, TX

Liaisons

Government Submissions & Policy
Elaine C. Zacharakis
Chicago, IL

Membership
Kathy Poppitt
Cox Smith
Austin, TX

Technology
Tracy Powell
Sherrard & Roe, PLLC
Nashville, TN

• Changes to the Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems and Fiscal Year 2009 Rates [08/19/2008]
• New EMTALA Rules [08/18/2008]
• Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals Issues Opinion In The Appeal Of The Poliner Judgment
• JCHAHO Suspends MS 1.20
• HHS: Hospital's Proposal To Provide Free Dialysis Services To Chronic Dialysis Patients Unable To Obtain Dialysis In Their Community - OIG Advisory Opinion No. 07-01
• OIG Advisory Opinion No. 06-16 - Proposed Arrangement For A Durable Medical Equipment (DME) Manufacturer To Provide Advertising Assistance And Reimbursement Consulting Services To Some Of Its Customers
• OIG Executes Tenet Corporate Integrity Agreement Unprecedented Provisions Include Board of Directors Review
• Corporate Integrity Agreement Between The OIG and Tenet Healthcare Corporation

• 2009 - 2010 Healthcare Facility Operations Interest Group Action Plan
• HIPAA Privacy Rule: Disclosures for Emergency Preparedness - A Decision Tool
• GOA: Government Accountability Office Reports & Testimonies
• HHS: Office for Civil Rights: HIPAA