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
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Building on our recent overview presentation “Six Lessons Patients and Providers Need to Know," we invite you to join us as we examine a single medical provider/patient encounter, in order to identify the concrete steps a...more
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For the second year in a row, Foley & Lardner LLP and PYA hosted a compliance master class on various health-related compliance issues. “Let’s Talk Compliance” is an annual one-day event featuring a panel of presenters that...more
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ALERT: Technical Noncompliance with HIPAA Can Lead to Big Penalties- As discussed in prior client alerts, the Office of Civil Rights (OCR), the agency charged with HIPAA enforcement, has increased HIPAA compliance...more
Lessons From the Frontlines: Strategies for Supporting Informed Consumer Decision-Making in the Health Insurance Marketplace - Editor's Note: As marketplaces prepare for the third open enrollment period, consumers are...more
On July 16, 2015, CMS published a proposed rule that would overhaul the Medicare and Medicaid participation requirements for long-term care facilities at 42 C.F.R. Part 483. As CMS points out, an overhaul is necessary...more
On July 16, 2015, CMS filed over 400 pages of regulatory comment and proposed revisions to the requirements that Long-Term Care facilities must meet to participate in the Medicare and Medicaid programs. CMS stated that these...more