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Hospital Can’t Fire for Conduct During Peer Review
In order to provide the highest quality of care, and to ensure patient safety on the premises, hospitals throughout the country use a system of peer reviews to assess medical staff. Specifically, a group of employed medical […]
Court Orders Divestiture Following Anti-Competitive Acquisition of Idaho Medical Group
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC), a government agency tasked with protecting consumers’ rights in the U.S., recently exercised its power in a case filed in Idaho, asserting that a healthcare acquisition within the state threatened competition, […]
Lori Beam Publishes Blog Post for KCDMA
Lori Beam published the blog post “FTC Guidance for Online Advertising and the Internet of Things” for the Kansas City Direct Marketing Association. The article can be read here: http://bit.ly/1877udd.
Customer Data & Privacy: What’s the Big Deal?
It seems like every week a company makes the news regarding theft of credit card data from millions of customers, concerns about the collection of call data by the National Security Agency and countless other stories […]
$39 Million Settlement Resulting from Kickback Allegations Resulting from Physician Speaker Fees
The U.S. Department of Justice recently announced that Daiichi Sankyo Inc.,a global pharmaceutical company based in New Jersey, agreed to pay the U.S.and State Medicaid programs $39 million in a settlement agreement regardingallegations that it […]
Patient Protection Regulations for 501(c)(3) Tax-Exempt Hospitals
Over the last several years charitable hospitals have been keeping an eye on the requirements of Code Section 501(r), which was added by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. In 2012 and 2013, the […]