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Volume 3, Number 12 August 2007

New DMEPOS Competitive Bidding Program May Spell Trouble for Medicare by Matthew E. Wetzel, Latham & Watkins LLP, Washington, DC and Betty C. Pang, Latham & Watkins LLP, San Francisco, CA Stark Changes On The Horizon by Norton L. Travis, Hayden S. Wool, and Steven J. Chananie, Garfunkel, Wild & Travis, P.C., Great Neck, NY

Volume 3, Number 11 July 2007

HIPAA Workforce Education Requirements- Revisited! by Hal McCard, Jr. and Lauren M. Venturatos, Chaffe McCall L.L.P., New Orleans, LA Overcoming Objections to Requests for Medical Records by James D. Walker, Stinnett Thiebaud & Remington LLP, Dallas, TX Electronic Data Discovery and the New Federal Rules: Health Industry Organizations at Particular Risk by Christopher A. Myers, William F. Hamilton and Suzanne M. Foster, Holland & Knight LLP

Volume 3, Number 10 June 2007

On the Rise: 401(k) Plan Fee Litigation by Sally Higgins, Kennedy Covington, Charlotte, NC Deferred Compensation – Greater Clarity And A Call To Action With Issuance Of Final Regulations by Eric J. Gould, Couzens, Lansky, Fealk, Ellis, Roeder & Lazar, P.C., Farmington Hills, MI Final Wellness Program Regulations Offer One Piece in the Health Care Cost Puzzle by Douglass A. Farnsworth, Trenam Kemker, Tampa, FL

Volume 3, Number 9 May 2007

Catalona And The Ownership Of Genetic Material by Bruce F. Howell, Hughes & Luce LLP, Dallas, TX

Volume 3, Number 8 April 2007

Federal Courts Reject Erin Brockovich's Latest Pitch by Barry S. Landsberg and Joanna S. McCallum, Manatt, Phelps and Phillips, LLP, Los Angeles, CA Refusing Medical Treatment: Beyond the Advance Directive by Lois Snyder, American College of Physicians, Philadelphia, PA

Volume 3, Number 7 March 2007

You Can't Get There From Here - Erisa Preemption Of State Laws Mandating Employer Healthcare Contributions by Michael H. Bernstein & John T. Seybert, Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold LLP, New York, NY Making P4p As Easy As 1, 2, 3 by Denise Webb Glass, Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P., Dallas, TX

Volume 3, Number 6 February 2007

Medical Identity Theft What It Is And Considerations For The Healthcare Provider by William E. Hopkins, Thompson & Knight, Austin, TX Stone v. Ritter: The Delaware Supreme Court Affirms the Caremark Standard for Corporate Compliance Programs by Andrew J. Demetriou and Jessica T. Olmon, Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P., Los Angeles, CA OIG Report on PDP Sponsors' Compliance Plans: Preparation Tool for CMS Audits in 2007 and Beyond by Sarah K. Giesting, Polaris Management Partners LLC, New York, NY

Volume 3, Number 5 January 2007

Donating Health Information Technology: Tax Issues Create Uncertainty for Donors by Bernadette Broccolo and Heidi Echols, McDermott Will & Emery LLP, Chicago, IL Money Talks: Congress Spurs States to Implement Their Own False Claims Acts by Lezlie B. Willis, Fish & Richardson PC, Dallas, TX The New Parent F Reorganization ("NPFR") by Alan S. Gassman and Kenneth J. Crotty, Gassman, Bates & Associates, P.A., Clearwater, FL

Volume 3, Number 4 December 2006

CMS Makes Significant Revisions To 2007 Medicare Rates by Kathy L. Poppitt and Catherine M. Greaves, Thompson & Knight LLP, Austin, TX Healthcare: A Policy or a Human Right? by Dominic S. DePersis, Broome Community College, Binghamton, NY Extra Embryos by Robin S. Levine, Secrest Wardle, Champaign, IL

Volume 3, Number 3 November 2006

What Happens To Intellectual Property In A Public Health Emergency? Legislative Approaches To An Emerging Issue by David Joyal, Greenberg Traurig, Florham Park, NJ Disaster Preparedness: Legal Issues Faced by Hospitals in the Post-Katrina Environment by Sean Finan, Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC, Birmingham, AL Community Benefit: A Matter of Accountability: One Organization's Approach by Julie Trocchio, The Catholic Health Association of the United States, Washington, DC Summary Of CMS' Final Report To Congress And Strategic And Implementing Plan Regarding Specialty Hospitals by Kathy L. Poppitt, Thompson & Knight LLP, Austin, TX

Volume 3, Number 2 October 2006

Illinois Department Of Revenue Upholds Revocation Of Hospital's State Property Tax Exemption by Stephen E. Weyl, Hinckley, Allen & Snyder LLP, Boston, MA The OxyContin® Settlement: A Signpost on the Road to a Consumer-Friendly Policy for Generic Competition by Robert T. Rhoad, Porter Wright Morris & Arthur, LLP, Washington, DC Health Care Abuse and Strategies to Avoid Violations by Adrienne Black, Sullivan, Stolier & Resor, APLC, Lafayette, LA Mandatory False Claims Act Education Under the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 by Lezlie B. Willis Fish & Richardson PC, Dallas, TX More Than One Way To Skin A Cat: Prosecuting Internet Prescribing by Benjamin N. Gluck, Bird, Marella, Boxer, Wolper, Nessim, Drooks & Lincenberg, Los Angeles, CA

Volume 3, Number 1 September 2006

Provider Enrollment Update: CMS Issues New Instructions to Contractors by Mandy C. Foster, Sullivan Stolier Resor, APLC, New Orleans, LA and Stephen Sullivan, Sullivan Stolier Resor, APLC, Lafayette, LA

 

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