HFMA Presentation of Hospital-Physician Alignment
On September 12, 2017, Jeremy N. Miller and Michael C. Thornhill addressed the HFMA Fall Conference on “Navigating Hospital-Physician Alignment Issues.” Click HERE to view the presentation.
Obamacare to Trumpcare: What’s Next?
The health care industry appears to have not seriously considered the possibility that Donald Trump would be elected President. While Mr. Trump campaigned on “repeal and replace” the Affordable Care Act (aka “Obamacare”), it is anything but clear what comes next. This edition of the Health Law Bulletin will at…
Jeremy Miller Named 2016 Super Lawyer
Super Lawyers has selected Jeremy N. Miller of Miller Health Law Group as one of its 2016 Southern California Super Lawyers. Jeremy has made this list every year for the past 11 years. Super Lawyers is a rating service of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have…
Jeremy Miller’s Article on THE 60-DAY SWORD OF DAMOCLES [You’ve Got 60 Days to Pay Up- or Else!]
Consider the following scenarios involving medically necessary services for Medicare or Medicaid patients: (1) a medical group learns that its outside billing service has incorrectly used the physician’s office site of service code when billing Medicare for hospital consults; (2) an imaging center finds out it did not have adequate…
Miller Health Law Group Named Top Firm in 2015 by US News
Miller Health Law Group was selected as a 2015 “Tier One” “Best Law Firm” in Health Care Law by U.S. News and World Report – Best Lawyers®. The U.S. News – Best Lawyers® “Best Law Firms” rankings are based on a rigorous evaluation process that includes the collection of client…
Miller Health Law Group Named Top Firm in 2014 by US News
Miller Health Law Group was selected as a 2014 “Tier One” “Best Law Firm” in Health Care Law by U.S. News and World Report – Best Lawyers®. The U.S. News – Best Lawyers® “Best Law Firms” rankings are based on a rigorous evaluation process that includes the collection of client…
Jeremy Miller Named Los Angeles Health Care Lawyer of the Year by Best Lawyers
Best Lawyers has named our founder Jeremy N. Miller its 2012 Health Care Law Lawyer of the Year for Los Angeles. Only one health care law attorney in Los Angeles is honored as the “Lawyer of the Year.” Best Lawyers is the oldest and most respected peer-review publication in the…
Jeremy Miller Named 2013 Super Lawyer
Super Lawyers has selected Jeremy N. Miller of Miller Health Law Group as one of its 2013 Southern California Super Lawyers. Jeremy has made this list every year for the past 8 years. Super Lawyers is a rating service of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have…
Jeremy Miller on ‘What Buyers Look for in Practice Acquisitions’
Contemplating a sale? Legal expert Jeremy Miller outlines some of the key decisions professionals may make prior to and during negotiations. When contemplating the sale of a group, savvy professionals will know what entices potential buyers so they are in a strong position to negotiate a sale and determine whether…
Jeremy Miller and Michael Thornhill on Where Physicians Fit into Accountable Care Organizations
On March 31, 2011, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services released its long awaited proposed rules for Medicare Accountable Care Organizations. The draft rules, which are 429 pages long, implement Section 3022 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act establishing the Medicare Shared Savings Program. The regulations are…
Diane Sherman and Jeremy Miller on Best Practices for Hiring, Firing and How to Not Get Sued
Virtually every medical practice has employees, whether other physicians, nurses or office staff. While physicians rightly fear being sued for medical malpractice, or for a HIPAA violation, the reality is that your practice is more likely to be sued by a disgruntled current or former employee. However, unlike malpractice suits,…
Miller Health Law Group’s 2011 Speeches
Noteworthy speeches in 2011: On October 13, 2011, Michael Thornhill spoke on Physician Incentive Plans for the Los Angeles County Bar Association’s 8th Annual Healthcare Law Compliance Symposium, in Los Angeles, California. On September 27, 2011, Jeremy Miller gave an Update on Health Reform for the Inland Empire Medical Group…
Miller Health Law Group on How the New Health Reform Law will Dramatically Increase Fraud and Abuse Enforcement
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (HCERA) provide the federal government with new tools and funding to prevent, root out and punish fraud and abuse by providers and suppliers. Read Jeremy Miller’s entire article here: “Fraud Busters,” Los…
Miller Health Law Group Lawyers on Hospital-Physician Alignment Models and Strategies
Physicians were facing daunting challenges before the passage last March of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: declining reimbursement, rising overhead, increasingly burdensome government regulation, and a severe recession. Health care “reform” will likely only exacerbate these pressures. As a result, many physicians are in a state of high…
Miller Health Care Law Attorneys on Health Care Reform and How it Affects Employers
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (P.L. 111-148) and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (P.L. 111-152), which became law in late March 2010; contain a number of provisions that will affect employers in the short and long term. Three areas of great interest (and concern)…