Health care professionals must exercise extreme caution when selecting and working with third party vendors because, as Stanford University Hospital & Clinics (SHC) recently learned, problems can arise when vendors fail to follow the law.
One of SHC’s vendors subcontracted out […]
The DOJ and HHS implemented the Health Care Fraud Prevention and Enforcement Action Team (HEAT) initiative in 2009 to combat healthcare fraud and abuse. HEAT has achieved many victories against healthcare providers and these three recent settlements illustrate that providers […]
Patient referrals by physicians are a common practice. They can benefit patients, but they can also constitute fraud and abuse when illegal financial arrangements are involved. And, as one healthcare practice recently learned, such financial arrangements can lead to multi-million […]
Most provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) were set to take effect on January 1, 2014. But due to push back, the federal government delayed key requirements:
Last summer the IRS announced that the “shared responsibility” requirements […]
Imagine this, your health care employee loses a flash drive containing protected health information. You immediately inform the affected patients and the media as required under the breach notification rules of HIPAA and HITECH.
You’re in the clear, right?
Perhaps not, as […]
Fritz Riesmeyer and Kendra Hanson co-authored an article for the ABA’s Business Torts Journal. The article, titled “Courses of Action after Allegations of Misconduct,” was published in the Winter 2014 volume.
Read the full article here: http://bit.ly/1czkrI0.
Seigfreid Bingham is moving to 2323 Grand Boulevard in Crown Center later this year. Click on the link to read the Kansas City Business Journal’s article about the move: http://tinyurl.com/o2p4fw6 .
The Kansas City Business Journal interviewed Fritz Riesmeyer, Chair of Seigfreid Bingham’s Litigation group, about his leadership in the Ross T. Roberts Trial Academy. The annual program is designed to get young attorneys more comfortable in a courtroom and is […]