Health Care Law Blog
Health care law blog, House calls, is used to enlighten readers with commentary on the latest headlines regarding the health care industry — including a database of state-by-state listing of government enforced actions against health care providers. This blog is managed and maintained by Kansas City lawyers & attorneys of Lathrop & Gage Law firm, and covers the topics of Electronic Health Records/Health Informations Exchange, HIPPA/Privacy, HIPPA/Security, Medicare/Medicaid Reimbursement, and Physicians.
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Opening the Floodgates?
On January 13, Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal sued Health Net of Connecticut, Inc., for failing to secure private patient medical records and financial information involving 446,000 Connecticut enrollees and promptly notify consumers endangered by the security breach. The lawsuit...
Internal Revenue Service Corporate Governance Guidelines
In 2007, the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) issued the new tax form 990 to be utilized by non-profit organizations for their 2008 tax returns (to be filed in 2009) and all other tax returns going forward. The purpose of the new tax form 990 was to increase transparency and to minimize...
Eighth Circuit Dismisses Antitrust Claim By Physician Specialty Hospital Owners Against Blue Cross & Acute Care Hospital Where Blue Cross Would Only Pay For Patients Going To Acute Care Hospital
In Little Rock Cardiology Clinic PC v. Baptist Health, No. 08-3158, slip op. at 8 (8th Cir. Dec. 29, 2009), cardiologists in Little Rock sued Blue Cross & Blue Shield and the large local hospital company, Baptist Health, for a conspiracy to monopolize the market for cardiology services for...
Eighth Circuit Dismisses Antitrust Claim By Physician Specialty Hospital Owners Against Blue Cross & Acute Care Hospital Where Blue Cross Would Only Pay For Patients Going To Acute Care Hospital
In Little Rock Cardiology Clinic PC v. Baptist Health, No. 08-3158, slip op. at 8 (8th Cir. Dec. 29, 2009), cardiologists in Little Rock sued Blue Cross & Blue Shield and the large local hospital company, Baptist Health, for a conspiracy to monopolize the market for cardiology services for...
Eighth Circuit Dismisses Antitrust Claim By Physician Specialty Hospital Owners Against Blue Cross & Acute Care Hospital Where Blue Cross Would Only Pay For Patients Going To Acute Care Hospital
In Little Rock Cardiology Clinic PC v. Baptist Health, No. 08-3158, slip op. at 8 (8th Cir. Dec. 29, 2009), cardiologists in Little Rock sued Blue Cross & Blue Shield and the large local hospital company, Baptist Health, for a conspiracy to monopolize the market for cardiology services for...
Eighth Circuit Dismisses Antitrust Claim By Physician Specialty Hospital Owners Against Blue Cross & Acute Care Hospital Where Blue Cross Would Only Pay For Patients Going To Acute Care Hospital
In Little Rock Cardiology Clinic PC v. Baptist Health, No. 08-3158, slip op. at 8 (8th Cir. Dec. 29, 2009), cardiologists in Little Rock sued Blue Cross & Blue Shield and the large local hospital company, Baptist Health, for a conspiracy to monopolize the market for cardiology services for...
Eighth Circuit Dismisses Antitrust Claim By Physician Specialty Hospital Owners Against Blue Cross & Acute Care Hospital Where Blue Cross Would Only Pay For Patients Going To Acute Care Hospital
In Little Rock Cardiology Clinic PC v. Baptist Health, No. 08-3158, slip op. at 8 (8th Cir. Dec. 29, 2009), cardiologists in Little Rock sued Blue Cross & Blue Shield and the large local hospital company, Baptist Health, for a conspiracy to monopolize the market for cardiology services for...
Eighth Circuit Dismisses Antitrust Claim By Physician Specialty Hospital Owners Against Blue Cross & Acute Care Hospital Where Blue Cross Would Only Pay For Patients Going To Acute Care Hospital
In Little Rock Cardiology Clinic PC v. Baptist Health, No. 08-3158, slip op. at 8 (8th Cir. Dec. 29, 2009), cardiologists in Little Rock sued Blue Cross & Blue Shield and the large local hospital company, Baptist Health, for a conspiracy to monopolize the market for cardiology services for...
Fifteen Beds, Million Dollar Settlement
Last week, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Wheaton Community Hospital, a critical access hospital in west central Minnesota, and Dr. Stanley Gallagher, one of six physicians on the hospital's active medical staff, have agreed to pay $846,461 to the federal government to settle allegations...
Direct Impact of Health Care Reform in Kansas and Missouri
On Monday, November 23, Health and Human Services Secretary, Kathleen Sebelius released a report that provides a state-by-state analysis of how health care reform will impact each state entitled, “The Case for Change.” Specifically, this report provides how health reform will aide small...
