New State Legislation Increases Oversight of Health Care Transactions - Thought Leaders in Health Law®
False Claims Act Insights - Are All Healthcare “Kickbacks” Subject to FCA Liability?
Hospice Insights Podcast - Stories of Successful Hospice Leadership: The CEO and Chief Medical Officer Relationship
Understanding Trends and Challenges in the Behavioral Health Sector
The DEA Is Knocking at Your Door . . . Are You Prepared? – Diagnosing Health Care
AGG Talks: Healthcare Insights Podcast - Episode 4: What to Do When Insurance Companies Deny Behavioral Health Claims
Hospice Insights Podcast - A Refresh: What’s New in the New OIG General Compliance Program Guidance
The Latest on Healthcare Enforcement
The New FTC Rule Explained: Will Your Non-Compete Be Enforceable?
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 192: Business Issues for Healthcare with Ira Bedenbaugh and Randi Branham of Elliott Davis
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 191: South Carolina Lowcountry Healthcare with Walter Bennet, MUSC Orangeburg CEO
Understanding Scope of Practice
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 188: Healthcare Valuation with Darcy Devine, Founder of Buckhead FMV
#WorkforceWednesday: Navigating Physician Non-Compete Litigation - Employment Law This Week® - Spilling Secrets Podcast
Podcast - Conversions of Public Hospitals
Findings from Gibbins’ Annual Healthcare Bankruptcy Report
Compliance, Project Management, and Process Improvement
How One Hospice Owner Got Convicted of Healthcare Fraud and How You Can Avoid That Fate
Year in Review: Key Regulatory Updates in 2023
Episode 172: Matthew Roberts and Lauren DeMoss, Maynard Nexsen Health Care Attorneys
There will be no statewide ban on the "friendly physician model" directly coming out of the Envision Healthcare Corp. (Envision) lawsuit in California. In this lawsuit, American Academy of Emergency Medicine Physician Group...more
Cosmetic injections, such as Botox and dermal fillers, and weight-loss injections, such as Wegovy® and Ozempic®, are popular offerings at med spas, weight-loss clinics, and dermatology practices. But are they considered the...more
Retail medicine has directly challenged the role of physicians as gatekeepers to prescription medications and medical procedures, and as fiduciaries to their patients. Some providers in the current IV hydration market are...more
Tucked away in the recent Ohio Budget Bill, House Bill 33, were statutory changes that expand and modernize the statutes related to physicians and other health care professionals licensed by the State Medical Board of Ohio...more
The new rules about chaperones for physicians in private practice (not hospitals or hospital-employed physicians) go into effect October 1, 2023. The rule is promulgated by the Medical Examining Board (MEB), which does not...more
As a doctor or other licensed medical professional, the prospect of losing your license to practice medicine can be overwhelming. But, to protect your license—and your career—to the fullest extent possible, you need to act...more
As a licensed physician, facing a medical board investigation could mean that your career is on the line. Even though you spent years in medical school and in residency, and even though you may have spent decades honing your...more
There are few things as critical to a physician as his or her medical license. The North Carolina Medical Board ("Board") is mandated by the legislature to regulate the practice of medicine for the benefit and protection...more
As a licensed physician in Texas, facing a Texas Medical Board (TMB) investigation can entail significant risks. Depending on the allegations underlying the investigation, your medical license could be in jeopardy—and you...more
Receiving a letter from the North Carolina Medical Board (the "Board") that a complaint has been filed against you is distressing. It often provokes a mix of emotions, ranging from anger to worry; however, it is a...more
The Supreme Court of Iowa recently reversed the judgment of a district court and remanded the matter with instructions to enter summary judgment in favor of Hamilton County Public Hospital, operating as Van Diest Medical...more
Last Thursday, the Texas Medical Board announced an emergency rule in response to Gov. Abbott’s recent Executive Order GA-19 related to hospital capacity. Like the governor’s order, the emergency rule went into effect on...more
On March 29, 2020, Governor Gretchen Whitmer issued Executive Order 2020-30 temporarily suspending a number of supervision and credential requirements applicable to healthcare providers. These changes are intended to remain...more
On March 20, 2020, the Attorney General of the State of New Jersey and the Director of the New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs announced that the requirements for healthcare professionals, including physicians, licensed...more
In May of 2018, the Oklahoma Legislature enacted House Bill 2931 as part of an ongoing effort to combat the opioid crisis. HB 2931 is expected to help lessen the opioid crisis by combating forgery of paper prescriptions. ...more
The Medical Board of California (“MBC”) began this project in 2013 when it required coroners to inform it of deaths resulting from opioids. The influx of coroners’ reports triggered an intense enforcement effort by the MBC...more
Effective July 1, 2019, The Patients Right to Know Act of 2018 (SB 1448) will require both Doctors of Medicine (“M.D.s”) and Doctors of Osteopathic Medicine (“D.O.s”) to provide notice to all patients prior to their...more
More healthcare practitioners are using telehealth to render patient care or expand their practices. When telehealth crosses state borders, the practitioner must ensure that he or she is licensed in or otherwise authorized to...more
This spring, Oklahoma joined several states in the nationwide movement to restrict opioid prescriptions. Generally, Senate Bill 1446 places limits on the number of opioid pills that practitioners can prescribe and puts in...more
There is a host of new, ever changing, and conflicting guidelines from a multitude of regulators and academic societies. This evolving and uncertain landscape is making the life of a practicing pain physician in the midst of...more
Holding a medical license in several states can lead to some unforeseen and unfortunate consequences. Even a conscientious practitioner can inadvertently run afoul of a state's practice act or regulations, which differ from...more
Are doctors relocating all over the United States? Congress created the National Practitioners Data Bank in 1986, passing a piece of legislation whose mission entailed improving the quality of healthcare, reducing abuse...more
Physicians in Ohio are now permitted to apply for a Certificate to Recommend (“CTR”) medical marijuana for their patients. The State Medical Board of Ohio anticipates the medical board licensure team will present the first...more
A physician organization has failed to sufficiently plead that a physician certification group caused an unreasonable restraint of trade through its actions to promulgate its certification program. Last week, a district court...more
The Texas Medical Board recently proposed changes to its telemedicine regulations (22 Tex. Admin. Code §§ 174.1 – 174.12) to follow the amendments to Section 111 of the Texas Occupations Code governing the practice of...more