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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…
National Health Care Reform — Key Provisions for Providers The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (collectively, the “Health Care Reform Law”) are now the law of the land. The controversial legislation, the most important for the health care…
National Health Care Reform The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (“PPACA”) and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 are now the law of the land. While many of the provisions of this landmark legislation will be implemented over the next few years, there are several aspects…
Applying for a Medicare provider number can be a daunting process. Medicare has very strict rules which, if not followed, can cause the issuance of your number to be delayed or even denied and prevent you from billing and collecting for the services you render to your Medicare patients. To…
Noteworthy speeches in 2010: On December 11, 2010, Jeremy Miller spoke on Stark and Fraud and Abuse Compliance for the NORCAP 2010 Educational Forum in San Francisco, California. On October 20, 2010, Jeremy Miller spoke on health reform for the Inland Empire Chapter of the California Society of CPAs. On…
Noteworthy speeches in 2009: Fall Educational Conference, Radiology Business Management Association, Phoenix, Arizona, October 12, 2009 33rd Annual Conference, National Association Medical Staff Services, Reno, Nevada, October 5, 2009 6th Annual Healthcare Compliance Symposium, Los Angeles County Bar Association, Los Angeles, California, October 1, 2009 2009 Small Firm & Solo…
Noteworthy speeches in 2008: 2008 Annual Meeting, Indian Medical Association, Anaheim, California, November 22, 2008 2008 Annual Meeting, California Radiological Society, Newport Beach, California, October 18, 2008 Managing Legal Exposure in Radiology, Radiology Business Management Association, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, October 16, 2008 5th Annual Healthcare Compliance Symposium, Los Angeles County Bar…
Noteworthy speeches in 2007: Stark Phase III Regulations, VHA West Coast Corporate Compliance Council, El Segundo, California, October 19, 2007 4th Annual Healthcare Compliance Symposium, Los Angeles County Bar Association, Los Angeles, California, October 4, 2007 Keenan & Associates Health Care Workers’ Education Symposium, , Irvine, California, April 19, 2007…
Noteworthy speeches in 2006: 3rd Annual Healthcare Compliance Symposium, Los Angeles County Bar Association, Los Angeles, California, September 28, 2006 Maloney Vision Institute, Los Angeles, California, April 30, 2006 UCLA Internal Medicine Residency Program, Los Angeles, California, April 10, 2006 State Bar of California Annual Education Conference, Santa Monica, California,…
Noteworthy speeches in 2005: Fall Annual Conference, Radiology Business Management Association, Seattle, Washington, October 10, 2005 2nd Annual Healthcare Compliance Symposium, Los Angeles County Bar Association, Los Angeles, California, September 29, 2005 Healthcare Executives Advisory Council, Southern California Physician’s Insurance Exchange, Rancho Mirage, California, May 6, 2005
Noteworthy speeches in 2004: Fraud and Abuse Prevention, California Hospital Association, Sacramento, California, November 15, 2004. 1st Annual Healthcare Compliance Symposium, Los Angeles County Bar Association, Los Angeles, California, September 30, 2004. The Medicare Modernization Act, Los Angeles County Bar Association, Los Angeles, California, June 10, 2004. Compliance and Payment…
A package of legislation intended to “reform” the California workers’ compensation system and reduce the insurance premiums and costs paid by California employers, went into effect January 1, 2004. While many observers question how much employers will actually save, the new law will clearly have a significant impact upon healthcare…
Stark Law Enforcement. In what could be a sign of a significant new enforcement tactic, in December 2002, the Department of Justice and Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) of the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) reached a $6 million settlement with a South Dakota hospital and oncology group…
Noteworthy speeches from 1998-2003: 2003: Current Physician Compliance and Payment Issues, Riverside County Foundation for Medical Care, Island of Hawaii, November 7, 2003. 5th Annual Conference Physician-Legal Issues, American Bar Association, Chicago, Illinois, June 14, 2003 2002: The Criminalization of Health Care, St. Vicent’s Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, December…
As you may be aware, HIPAA compliance is now unavoidable, and key compliance deadlines are very near. Two federal court lawsuits that sought to invalidate the Department of Health and Human Services’ (“HHS”) privacy regulations under HIPAA have been dismissed and modifications to the privacy regulations proposed by the Bush…