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2024 ISSA Security Summit/Women in Security Forum 10/9/2024 AI: Managing The Good, The Bad & The Ugly 10/8/2024 Cybersecurity State Law Update 3/15/2024 Disability Accommodation in The Schools: Education, Facilities, Technology & Beyond 3/4/2024 AI IN THE INSURANCE COVERAGE LANDSCAPE—FIELD OF DREAMS OR MINEFIELD? 2/24/2024 Health Plan Claim Denials Update 1/19/2024 Health Plan Claim Denials Update 1/19/2024 Emerging Impact of Dobbs on Employers, Employee Benefits and Healthcare 9/14/2023 Mental Health Parity Regulatory Update 8/18/2023 Emerging Impacts of Dobbs on Employers, Employee Benefits and Healthcare 5/31/2023 Roe v. Wade and The Privacy Impact of Dobbs 5/4/2023 Educating Students With Mental Illness: Legal & Practical Insights From The Front Lines 2/28/2023 Educating Students With Mental Illness: Legal & Practical Insights From The Front Lines 2/28/2023 HHS’ Proposed Changes Broadening Substance Use Confidentiality Rules, Consistency With HIPAA Requirements Raise Compliance Concerns For Health Care, Insurance & Other Business 11/28/2022 Justice Department Health Industry Antitrust Enforcement Update 9/8/2022 Cynthia Marcotte Stamer 2022 Martindale Hubble AV-Preeminent Rating 2022 COVID-19 Vaccination Mandates & Incentivies– Applicable Rules & Emerging Litigation 11/12/2021 AIMed CLINICIAN SERIES IMAGING 29-30 JUNE 2021 AI Panel 6/30/2021 Cynthia Marcotte Stamer 2021 Top10Dallas Best of the Best Award 2021 Kickin' COVID-19: Reopening Texas Summit - Doing Business Safely During COVID-19 and Other Pandemics 10/8/2020 Benefit Plans For Small Employers 5/14/2020 How Will Law Treat Science and Medicine Once the Pandemic Subsides 5/13/2020 How Will Law Treat Science and Medicine Once the Pandemic Subsides? 5/13/2020 Impact of Governmental Policy on Pricing and Access to Prescription Medical Products in the US and International Marketplace 4/23/2020 SELECTED THOUGHTS AND OTHER RESOURCES ON EVOLVING U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE ANTITRUST POLICY ON PRESCRIPTION MEDICAL & OTHER HEALTH PRODUCTS PRICING & COMPETITION; SURPRISE B 3/2020 LIFE SCIENCES & HEALTH CARE PRIVACY & DATA SECURITY CONCERNS IN A CROSS BORDER WORLD 2/12/2020 Strategies for Managing The Health Care Interoperability/Privacy Conundrum 5/17/2019 ACOs, Direct Contracting: Legal & Practical Challenges For Employers, Providers & TPAs 5/2/2019 HEALTH AND WELFARE HOT SPOTS – HOW SHOULD AN EMPLOYER COMPLY WITH UNCERTAINTY AND CHANGE IN 2018? 8/21/2018 Catching Up On the Latest from the EEOC On Wellness & Disease Management Programs Under the ADA & GINA 2/27/2018 Fiduciary, Employer & Other Challenges Under New Disability & Other ERISA Benefit Plan Claims Rules 1/26/2018 Private Payment Problems & Prescriptions 11/4/2017 What Should I Know About the MHPAEA and 21st Century Cures Act 9/7/2017 Stamer Testimony To EBSA 2017 Advisory Council on Employee Benefits 8/23/2017 2017 Federal Group Health Plan Mental Health Rules Update 6/27/2017 Stamer Returning Speaker, Moderator At 5/19 ISSA-LA Healthcare Privacy Summit 5/19/2017 Hard Lessons on Protecting Health Data 5/4/2017 Same-Sex Marriages and Domestic Partnerships: Lessons Learned, Unanswered Questions and Best Practices 5/1/2017 Transgender Issues Across Trans-Legal Disciplines 4/21/2017 March 2017 National Physician's Council for Healthcare Policy Meeting 3/19/2017 DOJ/FTC ATIntitrust Guidance For Human Resources Professionals 10/20/2016 Healthcare Case on Cutting Corners 5/24/2016 Telemedicine and Other Remote Healthcare Privacy, Security & Quality 5/20/2016 4th Annual Healthcare Privacy and Security Forum 5/20/2016 Stamer Talks Telemedicine & Chairs 5/20 ISSA LA 4TH Annual Healthcare Privacy and Security Forum 5/20/2016 HIPAA UPDATE: THE LATEST ON SECURITY, PATIENT ACCESS & OTHER HIPAA DEVELOPMENTS 3/30/2016 Telemedicine - Fad or the Future of Healthcare? 3/17/2016 Stamer To Moderate & Speak At 3/17 ABA Telemedicine- Fad or The Future of Healthcare Webinar 3/14/2016 EXECUTIVE BRIEF - OCTOBER 2015 10/16/2015 EBSA Insights On Healthcare Organization’s Health Plan Rights & Responsibilities 9/15/2015 Rising Risks of Medicare Audits.pdf 8/17/2015 Rising Risks of Medicare Audits 8/17/2015 The Hidden Traps In Same Sex Ruling 6/27/2015 3rd Annual Healthcare Privacy & Security Forum 6/4/2015 Stamer Quoted IN DOTmed.com - Lapsed storage fee sends 65 boxes of medical records to dumpste.pdf 6/3/2015 Healthcare Governing Board Best Practices For Compliance Oversight 5/19/2015 Health Care Billing: Internal Controls Strategies For Building Defensibility 4/21/2015 New Document - sllHealthcare Breaches_ How to Respond.pdf 4/7/2015 Fiduciary Obligations In the Context of a Data Breach 4/2/2015 3/18 OCR Civil Rights & Privacy Update NTHCPA Study Group Meeting 3/18/2015 Stamer, Others Discuss Employer, Health Plan Implications Of Anthem Breach on 4/2 3/18/2015 Fraud & Abuse Refresher and Recent Government Enforcement Actions 2/17/2015 From Flu Season To Ebola: Challenges & Best Practices for Containing & Responding To Contagious Diseases For Healthcare Organizations 10/21/2014 From Flu Season to Ebola: Challenges & Best Practices For Containing & Responding To Contagious Diseases for Health Care Organizations 10/2014 OSHA Compliance Strategies for Health Care Organizations 9/16/2014 Nine In Ninety 9/9/2014 ABA RPTE Groups & Substantive Committee Members 2014-2015 9/1/2014 State Law Provides Relief for Victims of HIPAA Violations.pdf 7/11/2014 Getting Businesses Ready for the Affordable Care Act Rollout 6/17/2014 Information Systems Security Association Certificate of Appreciation 5/16/2014 The 2nd Annual 2014 Healthcare Privacy and Security Summit 5/16/2014 HIPAA Privacy Bootcamp Preconference Workshop 5/15/2014 HIPAA Compliance: Are You Ready If A Breach Occurs? Privacy, Security, HITECH, Record Retention 4/29/2014 Physician Conflict Resolution It Happens - Jane Ryan 4/15/2014 More Issues With Healthcare Privacy 3/11/2014 NTHCPA Luncheon 'Health Policy Update & Dialog' by Congressman Pete Sessions 1/21/2014 4th Annual HIMSS Socal Privacy & Security Forum Flyer2013 12/4/2013 Health Care Data Breaches When, what & how to report 12/4/2013 Stamer 4th Annual HIMSS Socal Privacy & Security Forum Speech Video 12/4/2013 Sex, Drugs & Rock ‘N Role: Managing Physician Conduct In Health Care 9/17/2013 Coping with Health Care Reform Now: A Webinar on Getting Ready for ACA 2014 6/26/2013 Healthcare HITECH Privacy and Security Summit 5/21/2013 What the Wind Blew In: Coping with Health Care Reform: 2013 and Beyond 5/2/2013 Overview of HIPAA/HITECH Act: Omnibus Final Rule 4/16/2013 Trends And Challenges In Physician Compensation 1/15/2013 Solutions Law Press HIPAA Update Workshop 12/12/2012 PRELIMINARY OUTLINE OF PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT PROPOSED REGULATIONS PUBLISHED BY AGENCIES ON 11/26/12 AND UPDATE ON NEW OCR DEIDENTIFICATION GUIDANCE 12/7/2012 PCI In Health Care 12/4/2012 After November-Lame Duck Sequestration Implications For Health Care 11/20/2012 Health Care Compliance Spooks & Goblins 10/16/2012 Brace For New Disability Discrimination Claims 10/11/2012 Gainsharing, Shared Savings Examined 9/30/2012 Practical Considerations In Defending Against Health Care Fraud & Abuse Actions 9/18/2012 HIPAA Update Workshop 8/14/2012 Coping with Health Care Reform - Health Plan-U Workshop Series 7/24/2012 ACOs & Other Physician/Health System Relations: 7/17/2012 Nextcare Inc. $10 Million False Claims Act Settlement Shows Qui Tam Role In False Claims Act Prosecutions 7/11/2012 National Federation of Independent Businesses V. Sebelius 6/28/2012 Gainsharing and Shared Savings Continue to Spark Interest Quotes Stamer 6/12/2012 Stamer To Speak At HFMA On Making Gain Sharing Work 5/11/2012 Arizona Physicians Group To Pay $100,000 To Settle HIPAA Charges 4/18/2012 NTHCPA 4/17 Program On ZPIC, OIG, RAC, EMTALA and OCR Risk Management On New Meeting Date 4/17/2012 Orthofix Medical Device Exec Awaits Sentencing After Pleading Guilty To Violating Anti-Kickback Law 4/10/2012 Dallas Business Journal Health Care Fraud Article Quotes Stamer 2012 $1.5 Million HIPAA Settlement Reached To Resolve 1st OCR Enforcement Action Prompted By HITECH Act Breach ReportAlert 3/13/2012 BCBST Agrees To Pay $1.5 Million In 1st OCR Enforcement Action Prompted By HITECH Act Breach Report Article 3/13/2012 Arrest of Dallas Doctor, Office Manager & 5 Home Health Agency Owners Highlights Data Mining Power In Health Care Fraud Fight Alert 2/29/2012 Arrest of Dallas Doctor, Office Manager & 5 Home Health Agency Owners Highlights Data Mining Power In Health Care Fraud Fight 2/29/2012 Immigration Compliance For The Health Care Industry 2/15/2012 New IRS Worker Classification Settlement Program and its Risks 1/2012 Eddie Reeves On Managing The Message: Effective Crisis & Other Communications 1/18/2012 Stamer Dallas Bar Journal Article Cautions Employers Must Take Holistic Approach To Address Worker Misclassification Risks 12/29/2011 Comment Deadline 1/31 Om HHS Plan To Let States define ACA 12/29/2011 Employers Urged To Strengthen Worker Classification Defenses As Obama Administration Targets Employers Misclassifying Workers 12/27/2011 Record-Breaking Countrywide Settlement Shows Discrimination Compliance Extends Beyond HR 12/2011 Employers Should Tighten Worker Classification Practices As Obama Administration Moves To Stamp Out Misclassification Abuses 12/26/2011 Medical Identity Theft/Fraud Convictions Highlight Need For Health Care Providers To Safeguard Health Information, Guard Against Fraud Schemes 11/27/2011 Merck To Pay $950 Million To Settle Vioxx® Off-Label Marketing Charges 11/27/2011 Maxim Health Services Exec Becomes 9th Former Employee Convicted For False Claims Act Role 11/27/2011 Maxim Health Services Exec Becomes 9th Former Employee Sentenced For Involvement In Medicare False Claims Scheme 11/27/2011 Medical Identity Theft/Fraud Convictions Show Health Care Providers, Plans & Other Businesses Must Safeguard Health & Other Information, Guard Against Fraud Schemes 11/23/2011 Equal Visitation: Medicare & Joint Commission Requirements, Pitfalls & Practicalities 11/16/2011 $20+ Million Settlement Shows Business Risk of Violating Military Service Member Or Veteran’s Federal Credit, Other Rights 11/14/2011 OCR Audit Program Kickoff Further Heats HIPAA Privacy Risks 11/9/2011 OCR 1st HIPAA Privacy, Security & Breach Notification Compliance Audits Begin 11/8/2011 OCR 1st HIPAA Privacy, Security && Breach Notification Compliance Audits Begin 11/8/2011 HIPAA Alert! OCR 1st HIPAA Privacy, Security & Breach Notification Compliance Audits Begin 11/8/2011 Houston Doctor Gets 135 Month Health Care Fraud Sentence-SLP 11/6/2011 Houston Doctor Gets 135 Month Health Care Fraud Sentence 11/4/2011 Houston Doctor Gets 135 Month Health Care Fraud Sentence Alert 11/4/2011 Bill Extending Funding For Certain Veteran Medical and Other Projects Heads To President-SLP2 11/4/2011 Bill Extending Funding For Certain Veteran Medical and Other Projects Heads To President-SLP 11/4/2011 OCR Settlements Show Health Care & Disabled Housing Providers Face Growing Disability Discrimination Risks 10/22/2011 OCR Settlements Show Health Care & DisablHealth Care &Housing Providers Face Growing Disability Discrimination Risks 10/19/2011 “Health Care Compliance Spooks & Goblins: Honing Your Compliance Ghost-Busting Skills” 10/19/2011 OCR Settlements Show Health Care & Disabled Housing Providers Face Growing Disability Discrimination Risks 10/19/2011 OCR Settlements Show Health Care & Disabled Housing Providers Face Growing Disability Discrimination Risks-SLP 10/19/2011 “Health Care Compliance Spooks & Goblins: Honing Your Compliance Ghost-Busting Skills” Topic of 10/19 NTHCPA Meeting-SLP 10/18/2011 “Health Care Compliance Spooks & Goblins: Honing Your Compliance Ghost-Busting Skills” Topic of 10/19 NTHCPA Meeting 10/18/2011 Physician’s Suspension Shows Complying With Medical Board Orders Critical 10/16/2011 Physician’s Suspension Shows Complying With Medical Board Orders Critical-SLP2 10/16/2011 Board suspends Houston doctor Theresa Cachuela Rice For Aiding In Unauthorized Practice & Not Complying With Orders 10/16/2011 Physician’s Suspension Shows Complying With Medical Board Orders Critical-SLP 10/16/2011 Bill Extending Funding For Certain Veteran Medical and Other Projects Heads To President 10/4/2011 SMU Dedman School of Law Health Law Careers Symposium Panel 9/29/2011 Health Care Providers Contracting With Medicare Advantage Plans Should Expect Tighter Reimbursement & Other Controls As Plans Work To Meet Responsibilities 9/25/2011 HHS Credits Affordable Care Act Adult Dependent Child Coverage Rule With Getting 1 Million Young Adults Health Coverage 9/22/2011 9/21 NTHCPA Meeting To Focus On Quality Measures & Reimbursement 9/16/2011 UCLA Health Systems Payment of $865,500 To Settle HIPAA Charges Shows Rising HIPAA Risk-SLP 9/15/2011 4th Circuit Rejects Affordable Care Act Constitutional Challenges In 2 Suits 9/8/2011 Indictment of 91 Shows Growing Health Care Fraud 9/8/2011 4th Circuit Rejects Two Challenges To Affordable Care Act Constitutionality 9/8/2011 91 Individuals Charged With Falsely Billing $295 Million Latest Reminder Of Industry-Wide Health Care Fraud Risk 9/7/2011 Medicare Fraud Strike Force Charges Against 91 Individuals For Falsely Billing $295 Million Latest Reminder Of Industry-Wide Enforcement Risk 9/7/2011 http://slphealthcareupdate.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=933&action=edit 9/1/2011 Unions Get New Tool As NLRB Changes Bargaing Units Certification Rules For Non-Acute Health Care Facilities 9/1/2011 New IRS Voluntary Worker Classification Settlement Program Signals Growing Worker Misclassification Audit & Enforcement Emphasis 8/21/2011 UCLA Health Systems Payment of $865,500 To Settle HIPAA Charges Shows Rising HIPAA Risk-SLP2 8/2011 Pharmas Face New Pressure To Put Patients Before Profits After GlaxoSmithKline Record $3 Billion Health Care Fraud & FDCA Settlement 8/11/2011 Affordable Care Act To Require Health Plans Cover Contraception & Other Women's Health Procedures In 2012 8/2/2011 Affordable Care Act To Require Health Plans Cover Contraception & Other Women’s Health Procedures Beginning In 2012 8/2/2011 Health Care Employers Beat National Average When Offering Health Benefits To Workers-SLP 7/29/2011 Grant 7/18/2011 NTHCPA July 20 Meeting On Grant Compliance & Reporting 7/18/2011 Medicare Advantage: Leveraging The Law To Enhance Defensibility & Performance 7/12/2011 UCLA Health Systems Payment of $865,500 To Settle HIPAA Charges Shows Rising HIPAA Risk 7/7/2011 Group Health Claims And Appeals: The Brave New World For Making, Administering, And Paying Health Claims 6/14/2011 Texas Doctor, Pharmacy Suspension Reminder of Pain Management Prescribing Risks 5/17/2011 HIPAA Privacy Post HITECH Act: OCR Speaks On Managing Risks & Responsibilities 5/16/2011 Welcome To The Jungle: Health Care Reform Bootcamp 4/29/2011 Group Health and Disability Claims and Appeals: The Brave New World for Making, Administering, and Paying Claims Program 4/28/2011 U.S. to use software to crack down on Medicare, Medicaid, CHIP fraud 4/11/2011 Improving the Effectiveness of Compliance & Risk Management By Getting HR On The Compliance Team 4/11/2011 The Boomers are Coming, Is the System Prepared? 4/1/2011 Extended Grace Period For Some, But Not All New Affordable Care Act Health Claims & Appeals Rules Gives Qualifying Plans, Insurers Limited & Imperfect Relief 3/18/2011 Texas Medical Board Suspend Denton Doctor For Sexual Misconduct 3/15/2011 Stamer Speaks 4/28 On “Lean On Me” - Group Health and Disability Claims and Appeals: 3/7/2011 Stamer Speaks 4/29 On “Welcome to the Jungle - Health Care Reform Bootcamp" 3/7/2011 States Get More Info On Affordable Care Act Medicaid Eligibility Maintenance Of Effort; Payers & Providers Must Monitor 2/27/2011 Safeguarding Yourself From Liability For Another’s Employee Benefit Plan Embezzlement Or Other Misconduct 2/25/2011 $4.3 Million HIPAA Penalty Signals Health Plans, Sponsors & Service Providers 2/22/2011 HHS Imposes 1st HIPAA Privacy Civil Penalty of $4.3 Million 2/22/2011 Attorney Cynthia Stamer Shares Best Practices for Protecting Plan Participant & Other Employee Information At SBWA/IRS Plan Administrator Skills Workshops Flyer 2/11/2011 NLRB Settlement Shows Care Necessary When Employers Use Social Networking & Other Policies Restricting Employee Communications 2/7/2011 Health Care Employer’s NLRB Settlement Shows Care Necessary When Using Social Networking & Other Policies Restricting Employee Communication 2/7/2011 Medicare Proposes To Require Providers To Notify Beneficiaries Of Quality Of Care Complaint Rights 2/7/2011 OIG Launch of Health Care Fraud “Most Wanted” List Another Sign of Provider Enforcement Risks 2/3/2011 OCR Requires Rhode Island DHS To Provide Translation, Other Services For Limited English, Other Language Impaired Accommodations 1/24/2011 Texas Suspension of Doctor, Pharmacy Highlights Pain Management Prescribing Risks 1/18/2011 Supreme Court Medical Resident Stipend Ruling Highlights Advisability of Worker Classification & Payroll Practice Review Advisable For Health Care, Other Employers 1/12/2011 IRS, HHS & DOL To Delay Enforcement of New Insured Group Health Plan Non-Discrimination Rules Pending Guidance; Seek Public Input on Rules 1/4/2011 HHS/OIG Advisory Opinions HHS/DOJ To Use New Predictive Modeling Tools To Prevent Health Care Fraud As Heightened Enforcement Yields Record Recoveries 12/16/2010 Red Flag Rule Relief For Health Care Providers, Lawyers & Other Service Providers Awaits President’s Signature 12/8/2010 RESPONDING TO THE EPIDEMIC:STRATEGIES FOR IMPROVING DIABETES CARE IN TEXAS 11/2010 2011 Health Care Compliance Challenges On The Horizon 11/19/2010 Managed Care Executive Quotes Stamer On Implications Of Affordable Care Act Claims & Appeals Rules 10/21/2010 OIG Shares Key Insights On When Owners, Officers & Managers Face OIG 10/21/2010 DEA Cautions Practitioners Must Restrict Delegation of Controlled Substance Prescribing Functions, Urges Adoption of Written Policies & Agreements 10/17/2010 CMS Delegated Lead Responsibility For Development of New Affordable 10/15/2010 Health Plan Eligibility Update 10/13/2010 HHS announces new tools and resources from the Affordable Care Act to prevent fraud in Medicare, Medicaid and CHIP 9/22/2010 Appeals process regulations extend DOL rules to non-ERISA plans 9/1/2010 DMEPOS Suppliers Face 9/27 Deadline To Meet Tightened Medicare Standards 8/31/2010 Initial EHR Certification Bodies Named 8/30/2010 Affordable Care Act’s Health Plan External & Internal Review Safe Harbor & Other 8/26/2010 Health Care Reform: Building Your Family's Healthcare Survival Plan 8/26/2010 Health Plan Compliance Checkup 8/24/2010 Tighten & Update of Health & Other Plan Claims & Appeals Procedures & Documentation In Response To New Regulations, Tightening Court Review 8/8/2010 Small Employers Sponsoring Health Coverage May Qualify For New Tax Credit,Must Act Quickly To Comply With Other New Federal Health Plan Mandates 8/4/2010 Rite Aid Agrees to Pay $1 Million to Settle HIPAA Privacy Case As Office of Civil Rights Proposes Tighter HIPAA Privacy & Security Regulations 8/3/2010 HHS Invites Input On Medicaid Changes To Promote Children's Health Quality 8/2/2010 New Affordable Care Act Mandated High Risk Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Pool Program Regulations Prohibit Plan Dumping of High Risk Members, Set Other Rules 7/31/2010 CMS Adopts ESRD Facility Prospective Payment System & Proposes New Quality Incentive Program 7/31/2010 CMS Rule Clarifies When Outpatient Services Subject to 3-Day Rule & Finalizes FY 2011 Inpatient Payment Rates 7/31/2010 HHS Regulations Implementing Affordable Care Act Temporary High Risk Insurance Pool Program Regulations Issued 7/31/2010 Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2010 7/22/2010 Stamer Speaks On Sex, Drugs & Rock ‘N Role: Personal Misconduct In Healthcare 7/21/2010 Proposed Modifications to the HIPAA Privacy, Security & Enforcement Rules July 14, 2010 7/14/2010 Office of Civil Rights Proposes Changes To HIPAA Privacy, Security & Civil 7/9/2010 Office of Civil Rights Proposes Changes To HIPAA Privacy, Security & Civil Sanctions Rules 7/9/2010 Preservation of Access to Care for Medicare Beneficiaries and Pension Relief Act of 2010 Clarification of 3-Day Payment Window 7/3/2010 CMS Approves Voluntary Use of NCPDP SCRIPT 10.6 In E-Prescribing In the Medicare Prescription Drug Program 7/1/2010 Worker Classification & Alternative Workforce: Employee Plans & Employment Tax Challenges 6/29/2010 Key Affordable Care Act Health Plan Coverage Mandates Guidance Issued 6/29/2010 Congress Delays Medicare Physician Payment Cut 6 Months 6/26/2010 June 28 Gulf States TEGE Council Affordable Care Act Agenda 2010 HHS, DOL & IRS Rules Define “Grandfathered” Group Health Plans & Health Insurance Coverage under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act 6/15/2010 Texas Society for Healthcare Human Resources Administration & Education Thank You 5/25/2010 Update On Employment Law For Health Industry HR & Other Managers 4/26/2010 CMS Proposes FY2011 Acute Care & Long-Term Care Inpatient Policy & Payment Rate Changes 4/20/2010 Revised Joint Commission Medical Staff Bylaw Standard Requires New 3/25/2010 Revised Joint Commission Medical Staff Bylaw Standard Requires New Collaboration, Other Updates 3/25/2010 House Could Vote On Obama Health Care Reprint 3/18/2010 Getting Your Health Care Reform Views Before Key Congressional Decision-Makers 3/17/2010 Southern States Biggest Winners As HHS Awards Added $162 Million in AARA Fund Grants For Heatlh IT Meaningful Use Projects 3/15/2010 4/12 Deadline To Comment on AHRO Project To Develop Hospital Toolkit Intended To Guide Hospitals In Using AHRQ Quality Indicators 3/15/2010 JCAHO Physician Performance Evaluation Requirements 3/9/2010 Employers Concerned About New Union Powers As NLRB Orders Union Elections In 31 California Health Care Facilities To Proceed 3/2/2010 IRS To Allow Medical Resident FICA Refund Claims 3/2/2010 Health Plans & Business Associates Face 2/17 Deadline To Update Policies, Contracts & Procedures For HIPAA Privacy Rule Changes 2/16/2010 HITECH Act Health Data Security & Breach Update 2/09/201 NTHCPA Presentation 2/9/2010 NTHCPA 2/9/10 HITECH Act Health Data Security & Breach Update 2/9/2010 Inapplicability of HIPAA Privacy To Disability Insurer Not License To Impose Unreasonable Proof Of Loss Requirements 2/8/2010 New American Academy of Pediatrics Report Urges Early Child Obesity Treatment 1/25/2010 OIG Special Fraud Alert Targets DME Telemarketing 1/21/2010 HHS Invites Comments On Health Center Program Federal Tort Claims Policy Manual 1/1/2010 HEAT Initiative Secures Health Fraud Related Guilty Pleas of Physical Therapist, Money Launderer and Patient Re 12/13/2009 HHS Hiring to Expand its Health Information Privacy Enforcement Team Again 8/3/2009 Stamer Moderates June 25 ABA Teleconference On When Benefits Lawyers and Other Service Providers Be Sued for Malpractice for Services to ERISA Plans 6/25/2009 53 Doctors, Health Care Executives & Beneficiaries Indicted in Alleged $50M False Billing Ring 6/24/2009 53 Doctors, Health Care Executives & Beneficiaries Indicted for Involvement in a $50 Million Alleged False Billing Ring 6/24/2009 Making Gainsharing Work:Managing Physician Performance At Dallas Bar Association 6/17/2009 Office of National Coordinator for Health Information Technology Invites Input on Meaningful Use of Electronic Medical Records for Purposes of Definition 6/16/2009 FTC ABMG Antitrust Settlement Shows Risks For Health Care Providers Using "Messenger Model" To Negotiate Payor Contracts 6/15/2009 FDA Delays Implementation of Reportable Food Registry, Announces Draft Guidance 6/11/2009 Senate Democrats Unveil Their Health Care Reform Vision In Affordable Health Choices Act 6/10/2009 Democrats Racing To Enact Their Version of Comprehensive Health Reform 6/10/2009 Stamer Moderates June 25 ABA Teleconference On When Benefits Lawyers and Other Service Providers Can Be Sued For Malpractice For Services to ERISA Plans 6/9/2009 New Amendments To False Claims Act Increase Whistleblower and Other Exposures For Health Care Providers 5/26/2009 Making Gainsharing Work: Managing Physician Performance 5/26/2009 DOJ/HHS Step Up Health Care Fraud Enforcement By Announcing New Interagency Health Care Fraud Prevention and Enforcement Action Team 5/20/2009 FTC Extends Red Flag Rule Compliance Deadline From May 1 to August 1, 2009 5/1/2009 Texas Senate Committee Schedules May 5 Hearing On Proposed Texas Medical Board Reforms 5/1/2009 FTC Extends Red Flag Rule Compliance Deadline From May 1 to August 1, 2009 SLP HCUPDATE 5/1/2009 HHS & FTC Release Guidance On HITECH Act Data Breach Rules for HIPAA Covered Entities & Entities Dealing With Personal Health Records 4/20/2009 FTC Proposes Data Breach Regulations For Personal Health Records 4/17/2009 Hearing On Texas Medical Board Reforms Scheduled April 14, 2009 4/7/2009 Retaliation For Filing HIPAA Complaint Recognized As Basis For State Retalitory Discharge Claim 3/30/2009 2009 HIPAA Privacy & Security Update Webinar 3/25/2009 March 25 HIPAA Privacy & Security Update Webinar 3/20/2009 Medical Staff Bylaw Essentials 9/24/2008 Criminal HIPAA case targets employee, not clinic, for breach 7/2008 Providence To Pay $100,000 & Implement Other Safeguards to Settle HIPAA Civil Penalty Exposure 7/18/2008 Quest Diagnostics Inc. to Pay $688,000 in Overtime Back Wages After Misclassifying Systems Employees as Exempt Under FLSA 6/2008 Quest Diagnostics Inc. to Pay $688,000 in Overtime Back Wages After Misclassifying Systems Employees as Exempt Under FLSA - 2 6/2008 Texas Medical Board Invites Physicians, Others To Share Input At Town Hall Meetings 6/16/2008 Payment (Or Not) for Never Events 5/2008 OIG Loosens Conditions For Health Care Voluntary Self-Disclosures; Provider Precautions To Prevent & Detect Violations & When Deciding Make Self-Disclosure 5/15/2008 OCR HIPAA PRIVACY RULE Ocr Hipaa Privacy Rule Enforcement Statistics & Criminal Convictions Highlight Potential Hot Spots For Compliance 5/14/2008 Quest Diagnostics Inc. To Pay $688,000 In Overtime Back Wages Settlement After Misclassifying Systems Employees As Exempt 4/30/2008 Nurse Pleads Guilty To HIPAA Privacy Breach 4/28/2008 Texas Hospital Settles Self-Disclosed Violation of Stark Law, Signs CIA 4/22/2008 Privacy & Public Health: Real-World Scenarios And Strategies 4/15/2008 Privacy & Public Health: Real-World Scenarios And Strategies 4/2008 Texas Clinic CEO Sentence Highlights Risks of Upcoding 3/31/2008 Preventable Complications At 9th Annual Conference on Emerging Issues in Healthcare Law 2/2008 Getting Paid without Getting Nailed 2/2008 Proposed Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of 2005 Released 2/13/2008 CMS Delays Publication of ERSD Conditions of Participation Rule 2/5/2008 Medicare Update 1/2008 Hot Topics and Emerging Issues in Health Care Compliance 1/2008 January 14, 2008 OIG Advisory Opinions Give Qualified Approval To Two Proposed Gainsharing Arrangements 1/22/2008 2007 BNA Award E-Health Business and Transactional Law 2008 “Sex, Drugs & Rock ‘N Roll: A Survival Toolkit for When Private Lives Affect Performance” 12/2007 Health Care Opportunities In Mexico 12/2007 The Hospitalist, Avoidng The Bad Hire 10/2007 Healthcare Executive Networking Group Fall Social 10/2007 Telemedicine, E-Prescribing & Elctronic Health Records: Opportinties & Exposures 10/2007 Telemedicine, E-Prescribing & Electronic Health Records: Opportunities and Exposures 10/2007 Telemedicine & E-Prescribing 10/2007 The Bad Hire 10/2007 The Bad Hire - Complete Periodical 10/2007 Sex, Drugs & Rock ‘N Roll 9/2007 Timely Payment Litigation in the Managed Care Arena: Payer and Provider Perspectives & Strategies 9/2007 Tomball Regional Hospital Area Physicians' Luncheon 9/2007 Medicare Part D Reconciliation Payment Deadline Expected To Be Set In October 9/18/2007 Medical Staff Bylaws 9/2007 Medical Staff Bylaws Presentation 9/2007 New Health Information Privacy and Security Legislation Is Called 'HIPAA on Steroids' 9/2007 Health Care Providers May Need To Tighten E-mail and Other Electronic Record Practices In Response To New E- Discovery Rules 8/14/2007 Physician Survival Skills Training 8/2007 Physicians Survival Training 8/2007 ERISA Rights and Preemption of Non-Contracted Providers’ Health Benefit Claims 7/2007 2007 AM News Article On E-Discovery Risks For Physicians and Health Care Providers 7/2007 Massachusetts Comprehensive Health Reform Letter 6/2007 Delegation-Medicare Advantage In 2007 6/2007 Hispanic Health Care In America : Perspectives On Imperatives, Challenges & Opportunities 5/2007 Planning For The Pandemic - Selected Privacy Related Legal Concerns 5/2007 Planning For The Pandemic: Selected Privacy Related Legal Concerns 5/2007 CMS Letter Regarding Specialty Hosptials 5/23/2007 CMS Says Specialty Hospitals Participating In Medicare Must Meeting Emergency Care Conditions 5/23/2007 Telemedicine & Electronic Health Records Physician Opportunities & Exposures 5/21/2007 State Bar of New Mexico E-Health News 5/2007 Court Rules Americaid Texas, Inc. Payment Of Methodist Hospital of Dallas 5/14/2007 Methodist Hospitals Of Dallas, Appellant V. Amerigroup Texas, Inc. F/K/A Americaid Texas, Inc. 5/2007 Sex, Drugs & Rock ‘N Roll 4/2007 OCR Delegated Authority To Issue HIPAA And Patient Safety Subpoenas 4/2007 Healthcare & Immigrants 4/2007 National Provider Identifier Contingency Planning Guidance 4/2007 Covered Entities Required To Comply With Hipaa National Provider Identifier Rule By May 23,2007 4/10/2007 Texas Ag Suit Against Radio Shack For Alleged Violation Of 2005 Texas Identity Theft Law 4/10/2007 NPI dear provider letter 4/2007 Sex, Drugs & Rock ‘N Roll 3/2007 Sex, Drugs & Rock ‘N Roll 3/2007 Health Care Tool Box: Making Better Choices 1/2007 Sex, Drugs & Rock ‘N Roll Speech 1/17/2007 Sex, Drugs & Rock ‘N Roll 1/2007 CMS Speeches Presentation Chart 1/2007 Medical Legal Risk Management Benefits, Pitfalls and Safeguards 2007 More from Desktop Resources (August 2006) - Managed Healthcare Executive_files 8/2006 Rule-Breaking Rainmakers High-maintenance + high-revenue = HR headaches 7/2006 Lawyers say 'sorry' may sink you in court 5/2006 Patient Empowerment In Elder Law and Disability Planning 5/3/2006 TAHFA Heathcare Finance Conference 4/2006 Delegation: Contractual Implications and Health Plan Responsibilities 4/2006 HIPAA Enforcement - Audio Conference 4/2006 Experimental & Emerging Treatment Medical Appropriateness Competing Legal, Ethical and Practical Realities of Providers, Payers, the FDA and Patients 3/2006 Lawyers say 'sorry' may sink you in court 3/2006 Claims Processing under the New World Order 2/2006 2nd Annual Private Payer Summit 2/9/2006 Claims Processing Under the New World Order 2006 Social Security Online 2006 “Managing Conflicts of Interest in Healthcare: From the Board, Medical State Employees, Vendors/Consultants and You as Counsel,” Jose Tabuena and Cynt 11/2005 Liability Crisis Update - Part 2 11/2005 Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Managed Care But Were Afraid to Ask 10/2005 Physician Gainsharing Presentaiton At 12th Annual Joint Fall Symposium of: Texas Association for Healthcare Financial Administration 9/2005 Make Sure Your Payer Meets Its Obligations 7/2005 New Federal Requirements For Disposal of Personal Records and Information 7/1/2005 Cynthia Stamer Quoted IN HIPAA Compliance Alert on Privacy Rights In Context of Divorce 6/2005 Enterprise Security: The Emerging Standard of Care for Healthcare Information Security. 6/2005 Cybercrime and Identity Theft: Health Information Security Beyond HIPAA Reprint 5/2005 Personal Identity Management 5/2005 “Dealing with HIPAA in Your Law Practice” 4/2005 Changing Regulations WIll Ease Way For E-Prescriptions 3/2005 Privacy and Securities Standards - A Brief Nutshell 2/2005 Paying Staff on Salaried Rather Than Hourly 2005 Minimizing medical errors is on healthcare's docket 12/2004 No Money, No Mission 12/2004 2004 Joint Fall CLE Meeting 9/30/2004 What To Do When Facing Peer Review 7/2004 The Medicare Prescriptiuon Drug, Improvement & Modernization Law: What's In It (And What's Not) For You & Your Organization 3/2004 Making Health Planning for Age and Illness Easier 2/2004 Clean Claims Equals Prompt Payments 9/2003 HIPAA Privacy Treatment Exception 7/2003 Healthcare Liability When Treating an Unborn Fetus 6/2003 Mountains Out of Molehills HIPAAs Privacy Rule in Assisted Living 4/2003 Alternative Medicine Therapies 4/2003 New Law Allows Qualifying Entities to Request Extension of Time To Comply With HIPAA Standards For Electronic Transactions 2002 Disease Management As Practical Solution for Achieving Clinical Quality & Financial Efficiency in an Evolving Health Care Arena 9/2001 Health Care Regulatory Compliance Session 9/2001 Managed Care Law Update Selected Developments 9/2001 Nursing Law in Texas How to prevent and protect against nursing liability 2/1999 The Latest Bzz About Business Assoicate Agreements Under the Health Insurance Portability And Accountability Act (HIPAA) 1999 Selected Highlights About HIPAA As Applied To Issues Commonly Affecting Attorneys Representing Clients In Connection With Litigation 1999 Dealing With Financially Distressed Healthcare Organizations 1999 Managed Care Law Update Selected Developments 1999 Update on Selected Legislative and Regulatory Developments Affecting Texas Physicians and Physician Organizations 1999 Employee Benefits And Other Human Resource Issues Affecting Health Care Transactions 11/1998 Sex, Drugs & Rock and Roll 5/1998 “Patient Confidentiality & Medical Records” 5/1998 Patient Confidentiality & Medical Records 5/7/1998 Nursing Law in Texas How to prevent and protect against nursing liability 1/1998 Structuring Health Care Provider Organizations Presentation To Advanced Tax Law Course - 1997 9/1997 Structuring Health Care Provider Organizations 9/1997 Privacy & Security Standards: A Brief Nutshell 2/4/1995 Selected Insights into Managed Care Contract Negotiations from the Plan Sponsor’s Perspective 6/1994 CMS Medicare Website 12/1992 Overview of the Americans With Disabilities Act for Healthcare Institutions 1992 HEAT Initiative Snares Health Fraud Related Guilty Pleas of Physical Therapist, Money Launderer and Patient Recruiter In Detroit 12/30/1991 HHS Announces Adjustments To Federal Matching Shares Rates For Medicaid, Foster Care & Adoption Assistance Rates 12/30/1991 2/27 Deadline For Employers To Comment On DOL Proposed Rule Changes Extending Minimum Wage & Overtime Rules To More Home Caregiver Workers 12/27/1991 |
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