Health Law Practice News

Tuomey Faces Big Fines After Losing Stark, False Claims Trial
Quoted:  William H. Maruca
Report on Medicare Compliance
May 13, 2013
Physician’s Past with Practice Owing Medicare Debt Could Stifle New Enrollment
Featured:  William H. Maruca
Part B News
May 6, 2013
Physicians Tripped Up By Change in Rule
Quoted:  Elizabeth G. Litten and Michael J. Kline
Medical Practice Compliance
April 15, 2013
Change Your Notice of Privacy Practices to Comply with HIPAA Mega-Rule
Featured:  Elizabeth G. Litten and Michael J. Kline
Medical Practice Compliance Alert
April 2013
Health Care Providers Face Stiff Data Security Rules
Featured :  William H. Maruca
Business Insurance
March 11, 2013
Expect More Fines and PHI Security Regulations in HIPAA 'Mega-Rule'
Michael J. Kline and Elizabeth G. Litten
Medical Practice Compliance Alert
February 4, 2013
HHS' Mega-Rule Highlights PHI Protection, Patient Access
William H. Maruca
Medical Practice Compliance Alert
February 4, 2013
HIPAA Rule Thrusts EHR Users Into Uncharted Territory
Featured :  Elizabeth G. Litten and Michael J. Kline
FierceEMR
January 24, 2013
Law Firm Explores Recent HHS Health Data Breach Numbers
Featured :  Michael J. Kline
Health IT Security
January 10, 2013
ALJ Hearings Remain a Good Appeals Option, OIG Report Notwithstanding
Featured:  William H. Maruca
Medical Practice Compliance Alert
December 10, 2012
ALJ Hearings Remain a Good Appeals Option, OIG Report Notwithstanding
Featured:  William H. Maruca
Part B News
December 10, 2012
UPMC Aggressively Signing New Doctors
Featured :  Edward J. Kabala
Pittsburgh Business Times
November 8, 2012
On the Docket Pittsburgh
Featured:  Edward J. Kabala
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
November 12, 2012
Fox Rothschild Hosts SNJDC Open House Reception
Featured :  Ian D. Meklinsky
Southern New Jersey Development Council
November 7, 2012
Financial Health Check Up
Featured :  Todd Rodriguez
Physician's Money Digest
October 22, 2012
Electronic Audits Can Prevent, Catch Data Breaches
Featured:  Elizabeth G. Litten
American Medical News
September 17, 2012
Shield Your Practice from Business Associates’ HIPAA Faults
Featured:  Michael J. Kline & Elizabeth G. Litten
DecisionHealth Medical Practice Compliance Alert
September 17, 2012
HIPAA Violation by Business Associate Exposes Providers
Featured:  Michael J. Kline and Elizabeth Litten
Medical Practice Compliance Alert
September 3, 2012
Warning! 'Loss of Chance' Theory Becoming a Growing Threat in Malpractice
Featured:  Jacqueline M. Carolan
Healthcare Risk Management
August 2012
2012 US Supreme Court Ruling on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
Featured:  William H. Maruca
Amerinet's Quality Podcast Series
August 1, 2012
The Implications of the Supreme Court ACA Ruling for Healthcare Providers and Stakeholders
Featured:  William H. Maruca
Amerinet's Quality Podcast Series
August 1, 2012
Health Plans Look for Fraud Before They Pay Claims
Featured:  Elizabeth J. Hampton
American Medical News
July 16, 2012
6 Ways to Learn from HIPAA Audits
Featured:  Michael J. Kline
DecisionHealth Medical Practice Compliance Alert
July 9, 2012
Featured Question of the Week
Featured:  Elizabeth G. Litten
Chambers Women in Law
July 9, 2012
Supreme Court Health Care Decision: What it Means to Small Businesses
Featured:  William H. Maruca
Business News Daily
June 28, 2012
Physician Fraud & Abuse
Featured:  Todd A. Rodriguez
Capital Thinking
June 21, 2012
Avoiding Inadvertent Patient Privacy Violations
Featured:  Todd A. Rodriguez
Physician's Money Digest
June 11, 2012
Bill Would Seek to Rein in Hospitals' Capital Expenditures
Featured:  William H. Maruca
Pittsburgh Business Times
June 7, 2012
Fox Rothschild Speaks at Association for Corporate Health-Risk Management Event on “Self-Funded Plans: Optimize Your Company’s Strategy”
May 29, 2012
Millions in U.S. Will Feel Health Care Ruling's Impact
Featured:  William H. Maruca
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
May 28, 2012
Maintain Your Practice in Selling Condition
Featured:  Todd A. Rodriguez
Physician's Money Digest
May 14, 2012
Ferlo Proposes Medical Curbs
William H. Maruca: 
Valley News Dispatch
May 8, 2012
Medical Facility Curbs Proposed
Featured:  William H. Maruca
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
May 8, 2012
Accountable Care Organization Member Briefing
Co-Author:  William H. Maruca
American Health Lawyers Association
May 2012
Best in Law Blogs: First Small Physician Practice Joins The Parade of HIPAA PHI Security Breaches
Featured:  William H. Maruca
The Lexblog Network
April 20, 2012
Determine Whether Your Practice Faces Impending 3-day Billing Rule
Featured:  William H. Maruca
DecisionHealth Medical Practice Compliance Alert
April 16, 2012
Practices Must Be Trained In OSHA’s New Labeling Guidelines
Featured:  Ian D. Meklinsky
American Medical News
April 3, 2012
Elizabeth Litten of Fox Rothschild LLP on Steering Committee for 2012 NJ Governor's Conference for Women
Featured:  Elizabeth G. Litten
April 2, 2012
The Parade of Major Reported PHI Breaches Hits 400 - Theft is the Primary Type of Breach
By:  Michael J. Kline
Garden State Focus
March/April 2012
Docs Have Less Control Over MU Stage 2 Incentives
Featured:  Elizabeth G. Litten
FierceEMR
March 21, 2012
Fraud and Abuse Podcasts
Featured:  Todd A. Rodriguez
Physician's Practice
March 20, 2012
ICD-10 Delay Frees Physicians to Focus on Other Practice Needs
Featured:  Todd A. Rodriguez
American Medical News
March 19, 2012
4 Steps to a Compliant Response to MSN Redesign
Featured:  William H. Maruca
DecisionHealth
March 19, 2012
EMStar Shines After $2.5M Investment
Featured:  Ely Goldin
Philadelphia Business Journal
March 15, 2012
Best in Law Blogs: The Parade of Major Reported PHI Breaches Hits 400 - Theft is the Primary Type of Breach
Featured:  Michael J. Kline
The LexBlog Network
March 14, 2012
Why Physicians Need to Prioritize Fraud and Abuse Compliance
Featured:  Todd A. Rodriguez
Physicians Practice
March 9, 2012
Employee Hacks System, Exposes Two Practices to HIPAA Risks
Featured:  Michael J. Kline
Medical Practice Compliance Alert
March 5, 2012
Private Practice Doctors Continue To Fade Away
Featured:  Edward J. Kabala
Pittsburgh Business Times
February 3, 2012
People in the News
Featured:  David S. Sokolow
The Legal Intelligencer
February 3, 2012
As TRICARE Breach Case Illustrates, Credit Services Can Be a Very Contentious Issue
Featured:  Elizabeth G. Litten
Report on Patient Privacy
February 2012
David S. Sokolow of Fox Rothschild to Speak at PBI Annual Health Law Institute
January 25, 2012
Highmark Looks to Past in Developing Strategy for the Future
Featured:  Edward Kabala
Pittsburgh Business Times
January 6, 2012
BLAW Q&A
Interviewed:  Shahnam Sharareh
Bloomberg Law Reports - Health Law
December 5, 2011
Access Reports Can Make Records More Complete
Featured:  Jacqueline M. Carolan
Healthcare Risk Management
December 2011
OCR To Start Auditing Providers for HIPAA Compliance
Quoted:  Michael J. Kline
Medical Practice Compliance Alert
November 28, 2011
Synthes and the Responsible Corporate Officer Doctrine
Quoted:  William Maruca
Med City News
November 23, 2011
HHS/OCR Audits are Coming: What are Covered Entities Doing to Prepare?
Author:  David Restaino
FHI Weekly
November 23, 2011
WPAHS Brings Office Leasing Concept to Peters Township
Quoted:  William Maruca
Pittsburgh Business Times
November 17, 2011
Quick Legal Background on the Healthcare Reform Supreme Court Challenge
Interviewed:  William Maruca
Med City News
November 14, 2011
David Restaino of Fox Rothschild LLP Gives Presentation on Pharmaceutical Theft Prevention
Featured:  David Restaino
November 9, 2011
Sloppy Recordkeeping Can Lead Practices to Trouble with OSHA
Quoted:  Ian D. Meklinsky
American Medical News
November 7, 2011
CMS Redesigns Medicare ACOs to be More Appealing to Physicians
Quoted:  William H. Maruca
American Medical News
October 31, 2011
Lax Business Associate Practices Can Lead to PHI Security Breaches
Quoted:  Michael J. Kline
Medical Practice Compliance Alert
October 31, 2011
Lawyers Want Guarantee They Won't Be 'Insurance War' Victims
Quoted:  William H. Maruca
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
October 15, 2011
State Attorneys General Not Leaping to Embrace HIPAA Enforcement
Quoted:  Michael J. Kline
iWatch News
September 20, 2011
How to Handle 'Ambush Interviews'
Quoted:  William H. Maruca
Medial Practice Compliance Alert
September 19, 2011
Legislation Paves Way for Accountable Care Organizations in N.J.
Quoted:  Elizabeth Litten
NJ Biz
August 24, 2011
Names and Faces
Mentioned:  Jennifer Schwartz
Princeton Packet
August 23, 2011
Best in Law Blogs: The Parade of PHI Security Breaches: WellPoint Finally Settles with the Attorney General of Indiana
Mentioned:  Michael Kline
The LexBlog Network
July 12, 2011
Why HHS Abandoned "Mystery Shopper" Study
Quoted:  William H. Maruca
American Medical News
July 11, 2011
Fox Rothschild Elevates Nine Attorneys to Partner
Featured:  Samuel W. Cortes, Stephanie Nolan Deviney, Alan C. Chen, David H. Colvin, Joshua T. Klein, Eric E. Reed, Barry J. Muller, Shahnam Sharareh, and Daniel A. Schnapp
July 7, 2011
Corporate Veil-Piercing Principles Apply to N.J. Limited Partnerships
Quoted:  Jonathan D. Weiner
New Jersey Law Journal
July 4, 2011
New HIPAA Rules Create Lots of Health Care Contract Work
Quoted:  Elizabeth Litten
Minnesota Lawyer
July 4, 2011
Top 50 Healthcare Law and Legislation Blogs
Featured:  HIPPA, HITECH & HIT Law Blog
Masters in Health Policy
April 15, 2011
Co-Management Is a Hot New Trend in Physician Ventures, But Beware Stark Risks
Quoted:  William Maruca
Report on Medicare Compliance
April 4, 2011
Fox Rothschild Increases Its Ranks of Attorneys Noted as Leaders in Their Fields by Chambers USA and Chambers Global
March 17, 2011
Top 50 Resources for Students Attending Health Information Technology Online Schools
Featured:  Michael J. Kline. Elizabeth G. Litten, William H. Maruca, Patricia McManus
Online Schools
March 2011
Top 50 HIPAA Blogs
Mentioned:  Michael J. Kline
Medicine E-Learning
February 2011
Federal Investigators To Supervise Stent Doctors
Quoted:  Todd A. Rodriguez
The Baltimore Sun
December 25, 2010
Expenses Up, Profit Down for WPAHS in Third Quarter
Quoted:  Edward J. Kabala
Pittsburgh Business Times
December 9, 2010
Hospitals Sweeten Deals to Attract Physicians
Quoted:  Edward Kabala
Pittsburgh Business Times
November 18, 2010
Elizabeth Litten of Fox Rothschild LLP Recipient of President’s Award from the Health Care Financial Management Association of New Jersey
Featured:  Elizabeth Litten
November 2010
Doctors Feel the Pain of Patients’ Failure To Pay Medical Bills
Quoted:  Edward Kabala
Pittsburgh Business Times
September 24, 2010
HIPAA Rules To Keep Health Care Lawyers Busy
Quoted:  Elizabeth G. Litten
Journal Record
July 22, 2010
Physicians At Risk In West Penn Consolidation
Quoted:  Edward J. Kabala
Pittsburgh Business Times
July 2, 2010
Todd A. Rodriguez of Fox Rothschild Contributes to American Health Lawyers Association Publication
Featured:  Todd A. Rodriguez
March 16, 2010
People in the News
Mentioned:  David S. Sokolow
The Legal Intelligencer
March 10, 2010
David S. Sokolow of Fox Rothschild To Speak at PBI Annual Health Law Institute
Featured: 
March 2, 2010
West Penn To Develop Suburban 'Mini-Hospital'
Quoted:  Edward J. Kabala
Los Angeles Business Times
February 5, 2010
Developments in the Law Governing Physician-Owned Ambulatory Surgery Centers in New Jersey
Quoted:  Elizabeth G. Litten
Health Reform Watch
December 19, 2009
Ohio Hospital Settles CMP Case Involving MD Payments for $240,000
Quoted:  William Maruca
AIS Health.com
December 14, 2009
OIG To Review Place-of-Service Errors and Provider-Based Status
Quoted:  Todd A. Rodriguez
HR Compliance News
October 19, 2009
Fox Rothschild's Health Law Practice Recognized for AHLA Membership
Health Law News
August 28, 2009
The Beat Goes On
Radio Interview:  Carl Anthony Maio
WNPV 1440 AM
August 22, 2009
Elizabeth Litten of Fox Rothschild Discusses How to Be Prepared for N.J. Codey Law Amendments' September 2009 Deadline
Elizabeth G. Litten
Becker's ASC Review
August 6, 2009
Fox Rothschild Successfully Represents NJ Doctor in $1.3 Million Breach of Contract Claim
Featured:  R. James Kravitz and Aili C. Monahan
August 6, 2009
A Stark Lesson For Doctor-Hospital Arrangements
Author:  Victoria Heller Johnson
Law360
June 22, 2009
Kosenske: Physician-Hospital Arrangement Questioned Under Stark
Author:  Victoria Heller Johnson
www.billing-coding.com
June 2009
Governance Considerations from HIT for the Board and Other Hospital Stakeholders - Twitter and Patient Privacy Rights
Author:  Michael J. Kline
HIPAA, HITECH & HIT Blog
May 26, 2009
Facebook, Meet Health Care
Author:  Elizabeth G. Litten
www.advanceweb.com
May 20, 2009
Governance Considerations from HIT for the Board and Other Hospital Stakeholders [Installment 1]
Author:  Michael J. Kline
HIPAA, HITECH and Health Information Technology Blog
May 18, 2009
Bill Expands Hospital Reporting Requirement; Prohibits Payment of 'Never Events'
Author:  Patricia C. McManus
Garden State FOCUS, a publication of the New Jersey chapter of the Health Care Financial Management Association
May/June 2009
Insuring Against Employee Theft
Co-author:  Carl Anthony Maio and William L. Weiner
April 6, 2009
Medicare's Recovery Audit Contractor Program
Author:  Michael G. Wiethorn
Allegheny County Medical Society Bulletin
April 1, 2009
Helen Oscislawski of Fox Rothschild LLP to Speak on Updating Hospital Privacy and Security Programs at the New Jersey Hospital Association Workshop
Featured:  Michael J. Kline
April 14, 2009
With success comes scrutiny: ASCs face legal obstacles
Quoted:  Elizabeth G. Litten
American Medical News
March 30, 2009
Todd A. Rodriguez of Fox Rothschild to Speak at the American Health Lawyers Association’s Physicians Law Institute
Featured:  Todd A. Rodriguez
February 9-10, 2009
Negotiating Your First Employment Contract
Author:  Michael G. Wiethorn
Physician's News Digest
January 2009
Highmark Settles Suit
Quoted:  William H. Maruca
Pittsburgh Business Times
January 4, 2008

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