Dec 2, 2015 | Administrative Law, Health Care
CMS’ Final Rule Updating Medicare Physician Fee Schedule for 2016 On November 16, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published its final rule for services furnished under the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) on or afterJanuary 1, 2016. Among...
Nov 18, 2015 | Administrative Law, Business Litigation, White Collar Crime
The obligatory rules set in place to oversee the ethics and professionalism of Georgia attorneys is ruled by the State Bar of Georgia. The last thing an attorney wants to acknowledge is the risk of being brought before the Bar and questioned on how a specific case was...
Nov 2, 2015 | Health Care
In September 2015, HHS’ Office of Inspector General (OIG) issued a report encouraging HHS’ Office of Civil Rights (OCR) to strengthen its oversight of Covered Entities’ compliance with HIPAA privacy standards, and recommending that OCR fully implement a permanent...
Oct 16, 2015 | Business Litigation
Wrongful termination The first thing to address is what wrongful termination is and what it isn’t. Many people, employees and employers alike have a misconception of what constitutes wrongful termination. Absent a union agreement or other contract specifying the terms...
Oct 5, 2015 | Health Care
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently instructed Medicare Administrative Contractors (MACs) and Qualified Independent Contractors (QICs) that, for redeterminations and reconsiderations of claims denied following a post-payment review or...
