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Robert Wolin

Robert Wolin

BakerHostetler


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Bringing Sunlight to Healthcare Pricing: The CMS Release of Hospital Charge Data

Former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Louis D. Brandeis once said that "Sunlight is the best disinfectant." The release of charges billed by some 3,337 Medicare hospitals for 100 of the most common inpatient diagnosis related...more

5/17/2013 - Affordable Care Act CMS Healthcare Hospitals Medicare Payment Plans

Novel “Bad Faith Admission” EMTALA Theory Survives Motion to Dismiss

The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California recently denied Contra Costa Regional Medical Center’s (CCRMC) motion to dismiss regarding an alleged violation of the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act...more

5/3/2013 - EMTALA Liability Motion to Dismiss

No Sale -- Sales Commissions Violate Anti-Kickback Statute; Prevent Enforcement of Nonsolicitation

A durable medical equipment (DME) distributor, Joint Technology, Inc., entered into an agreement to pay a salesman commissions ranging from 18 to 22 percent on the volume of his sales. The court held that the salesman did not...more

3/13/2013 - Anti-Kickback Statute Medicaid Medicare Non-Compete Agreements Non-Solicitation Agreements Sales Commissions

Physician Recruitment Agreement -- Active Medical Staff Privilege Requirement Upheld

Health Management Associates' University Medical Center (UMC) recruited Kevin Dennis to Lebanon, Tennessee under a physician recruitment agreement that required him to "apply for, receive and maintain active medical staff...more

3/12/2013 - Active Medical Staff Privilege Policies Anti-Kickback Statute Physician Recruitment Agreement Physicians Stark Law Whistleblowers

Too Big to Exclude; Too Much Wrongdoing to Ignore

A 2007 audit initiated by a Medicare Program Safeguard Contractor (PSC) discovered that a North Carolina provider had a high incidence of inpatient billings for patients who did not stay in the hospital overnight. The PSC's...more

2/26/2013 - CMS Deferred Prosecution Agreements False Statements Medicare WakeMed

CMS Provides Guidance For Amending Patient Medical Records

CMS recently released a transmittal providing instructions to contractors on acceptable methods for providers to amend, correct and incorporate delayed entries into a patient medical record. ...more

1/23/2013 - CMS Corrections Medical Records

Health Law Update — January 10, 2013

In This Issue: - Healthcare Provisions in the American Taxpayer Relief Act - the Good, the Bad and the Ugly - American Taxpayer Relief Act Amends Overpayment Recovery Time Limits - OIG Advisory Opinion Sheds...more

1/14/2013 - American Taxpayer Relief Act CMS Data Breach Electronic Medical Records Fraud Healthcare OCR OIG Overpayment Recovery Time Limits Pay-for-Performance Reporting Requirements Settlement

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