Seigfreid Bingham News & Blog
How Improper Business Relationships Cost One Practice $14.75 Million
A jury recently reached a $14.75 Million verdict in Florida in a case between twoclinical laboratory companies arguing over sales and marketing practices that were potential violations of various state and federal laws. The lessons […]
How to Dispose Protected Health Information
Entities covered under the HIPAA Privacy Rules face very high penalties for failing to properly handle protected health information (PHI) as one Indiana non-profit health care system learned to the tune of $800,000. If you […]
Dealer Transfer Series: After the Transfer-Planning for Future Transfers or Break-Ups
Your dealership just completed a merger. You did everything by the book: took your time getting to know the other organization, set up a new organization, agreed to a fair value and established how the […]
Physicians, Medical Groups Beware Recent OIG Special Fraud Alert Targets Lab Payments for Blood Specimens & Patient Data
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General(OIG) recently issued a Special Fraud Alert based on a concern that laboratory payments to referring physicians and physician group practices for blood specimen […]
HHS to Continue 340B “Orphan” Drug Rule
In July 2013 the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)issued a final regulation allowing 340B covered entities (public safety-net health providers) to purchase orphan drugs at the discounted 340B prices even when the […]
Dealer Transfer Series: After the Transfer-Rules of the Road for Working Together
Completing a dealer transfer is hard work and often compressed into a short amount of time. For those involved in a merger, you might think of it as planning for a wedding … a lot […]