False Claims Act Insights - Are All Healthcare “Kickbacks” Subject to FCA Liability?
Hospice Insights Podcast - Stories of Successful Hospice Leadership: The CEO and Chief Medical Officer Relationship
Understanding Trends and Challenges in the Behavioral Health Sector
The DEA Is Knocking at Your Door . . . Are You Prepared? – Diagnosing Health Care
AGG Talks: Healthcare Insights Podcast - Episode 4: What to Do When Insurance Companies Deny Behavioral Health Claims
Hospice Insights Podcast - A Refresh: What’s New in the New OIG General Compliance Program Guidance
The Latest on Healthcare Enforcement
The New FTC Rule Explained: Will Your Non-Compete Be Enforceable?
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 192: Business Issues for Healthcare with Ira Bedenbaugh and Randi Branham of Elliott Davis
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 191: South Carolina Lowcountry Healthcare with Walter Bennet, MUSC Orangeburg CEO
Understanding Scope of Practice
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 188: Healthcare Valuation with Darcy Devine, Founder of Buckhead FMV
#WorkforceWednesday: Navigating Physician Non-Compete Litigation - Employment Law This Week® - Spilling Secrets Podcast
Podcast - Conversions of Public Hospitals
Findings from Gibbins’ Annual Healthcare Bankruptcy Report
Compliance, Project Management, and Process Improvement
How One Hospice Owner Got Convicted of Healthcare Fraud and How You Can Avoid That Fate
Year in Review: Key Regulatory Updates in 2023
Episode 172: Matthew Roberts and Lauren DeMoss, Maynard Nexsen Health Care Attorneys
Counsel That Cares - Value-Based Care as a Long-Term Investment
Changing Jobs with a Non-Compete: What to Say and When? Changing jobs when you have a non-compete agreement in place can be tricky. Before making a move, plan your exit strategy – set a date, practice your resignation, and...more
The Palmetto Medical Group had a “messy divorce.” Palmetto’s three physicians had settled into “mutual distrust” and got a good distance down the road toward separation by negotiating a Practice Separation Agreement at...more
Plaintiff Gene Myers (“Plaintiff”), a physician, made a claim for individual disability insurance (IDI) benefits under an individual disability policy arising from low back injury caused by wearing a heavy leaded gown worn...more
With the New Year comes new medical staff leaders and a new set of growing pains. Contrary to what many of us believe, some simple steps can lessen the pain. ...more
Many Colorado physician employment agreements and equity agreements require physicians to pay liquidated damages if the physician competes with his/her former employer after leaving the organization. ...more
The inclusion of a non-compete agreement, or covenant not to compete, is frequently one of the most anxiety-producing issues in physician employment contracting on the part of both the physician and the employer. This has...more
Healthcare providers, health plans and healthcare clearinghouses (“covered entities”) and business associates are subject to significant penalties for violations of the HIPAA Privacy, Security and Breach Notification Rules....more
On Tuesday, December 12, 2017, the Massachusetts Appeals Court, applying New Hampshire law, held that a professional liability insurer did not breach the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing by settling a New...more
Dr. Bob Halterman is something of a Midas-in-Reverse. His refusal to pay $38,000 he owed Johnson Regional Medical Center resulted in a $65,000 judgment in favor of the hospital. When the hospital recruited Dr. Bob, the...more
In a decision handed down on April 27, 2017 in the case of Heneberry v. Pharoan, the Maryland Court of Special Appeals rejected a breach of contract claim against a doctor who failed to completely perform a surgical...more
In the first half of 2016, we have already seen significant changes to a number of state non-compete laws. In this post, we provide a compilation of recently enacted legislation in Alabama, Connecticut, Idaho, Oregon, and...more
For many years, employers have generally embraced a policy of utilizing at-will employment as often as possible, where employers and employees can end their relationship with each other at any time and for any (legal) reason....more
Appellate Court Advance Release Opinions - AC36506 - Sidorova v. East Lyme Board of Education - Due to budget cuts, the Board of Education laid off the plaintiff who was a tenured French teacher. She sued for...more
I can't remember the last time that the Business Court granted a motion opposing the designation of a case as a mandatory complex business case. And since the Business Court Modernization Act went into effect in October...more
The New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division recently ruled that the damages a physician-independent contractor can recover are limited to those sustained during a notice period in the physician’s contract. The decision...more