Health Law Section of the Florida Bar

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Health Law Section Newsletter—excerpts HLS newsletter

The on-line edition of the Health Law Section Newsletter contains articles from current and past issues of our printed edition. The newsletter wants your articles for publication! For those of you who want to see your work in print, the rules for publication are simple: the subject has to be related to, or of interest to those engaged in the practice of healthcare law. The article should not have been published elsewhere and should deal with a subject that has not been previously beaten to death by that horde of healthcare publications which cross our desks daily. The newsletter’s existence is dependent on the participation of our membership. We need those articles! Send them to:

Robert C. McCurdy, Esquire
Editor, Health Law Section Newsletter
Lee Memorial Hospital
Post Office Drawer 2218
Ft. Myers, Florida 33902-2218

Articles available on line:

Chair's Message
The HMO Mandatory Prevailing Party Attorney Fee Statute -
Interference with the Florida Constitutional Right of Access to the Courts
by Lawrence D. Bache
The Florida False Claims Act:
A New Solution to Medicaid Fraud and Abuse
by William F. Sutton, Jr., Assistant General Counsel,
Office of the General Counsel, Tallahassee
Krischer v. McIver:
Physician-Assisted Suicide and Privacy in Florida
by Frederick A. Paola, MD., JD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Medical Ethics and Humanities, University of South Florida College of Medicine