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We understand that the Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) Office of Audit Services currently is in the process of sending numerous Contact Letters to hospitals across the country in an effort to determine hospital levels of compliance with Medicare billing requirements.  As part of this audit, the OIG plans to review “known areas of... READ MORE

This installment of Hall Render’s Health Law Broadcast series on health care reform is designed to provide you with the insight, analysis and practical suggestions with respect to the various reform initiatives that will affect your organization.  On April 14, 2011, President Obama signed into law H.R. 4, the “Comprehensive 1099 Taxpayer Protection and... READ MORE

On April 4, 2011, the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) announced another settlement in the national false claims investigation into the medical necessity of inpatient, one-day stay kyphoplasty procedures.  However, this $1.9 million settlement between the government and Rex Healthcare in Raleigh, North Carolina, is different from the more than two dozen settlements that have... READ MORE

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Employees who file internal oral complaints, who distribute union handbills on someone else’s property or who walk out over pay issues, even when no union is involved, gained more protections in a series of recent decisions. Employers will need to be on the lookout for these tricky legal situations so that the ever broadening... READ MORE

This installment of Hall Render’s Health Law Broadcast series on health care reform is designed to provide you with the insight, analysis and practical suggestions with respect to the various reform initiatives that will affect your organization.  Background Introduction.  On March 31, 2011, approximately one year from the date the Patient Protection and Affordable... READ MORE

On February 18, 2011, the Department of Health and Human Services (the “Department”) issued final regulations (the “Final Rule”) on the enforcement of the federal statutory health care provider conscience protections, rescinding most of a 2008 federal regulation designed to protect health care providers who refuse to provide certain health care services based on... READ MORE

It seems that these days almost any type of complaint made by a single employee in front of others will now be protected by the federal National Labor Relations Act. The latest development involves a time share company in Las Vegas that announced a new policy requiring sales representatives to tuck in their shirts.... READ MORE

Today the EEOC published in the Federal Register the Final Regulations implementing the changes made to the Americans with Disabilities Act by the ADA Amendments Act (ADAAA) that was enacted in September 2008 and became effective on January 1, 2009. The final regulations take effect on May 24, 2011. The final regulations do not... READ MORE

As a part of the implementation of Section 6401(a) of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), on or after March 25, 2011, Medicare institutional providers of medical or other items or services and suppliers submitting a paper CMS-855A, CMS-855B or CMS-855S or any associated Internet-based Provider Enrollment, Chain and Ownership System (PECOS) enrollment application will... READ MORE