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Last Updated: 11/21/2008
Welcome to the
Health Law Section's website
Updated November 19, 2008
The 10th Annual Conference on Emerging Issues in Healthcare Law
Challenge to AHCA determination of hospice need
DOAH case 08-5387RU challenges AHCA's determination of hospice need. Those interested in the progress of the case should monitor record activity at the DOAH website.
January 2009 Executive Council Meeting and CLE Program
The next Executive Council meeting of the Health Law Section is scheduled for Thursday, January 15, 2009 in conjunction with The Florida Bar Mid Year Meeting at the Miami Hyatt.
The executive council meeting will be held from 3:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. and will be followed by a Health Law Section Member Reception.
Following the reception, a dinner is planned for speakers of Representing the Physician and members of the executive council.
Mark your calendars and let Valerie Yarbrough know if you plan to attend the dinner or the meeting.
9 hours of CLE credit!
Representing the Physician 2009
Hyatt Regency Miami, January 16, 2009
Attend the Health Law Section Executive Council Meeting the day before and stay over for this exciting CLE program on January 16, 2009. This program will include topics such as structuring for solo and small group medical practices, physician "roll-ups", separation of physician practices, partnering to combat patient abuse and health care fraud, preventing medical information privacy breaches and electronic medical records. Click here for more information.
Valerie Yarbrough
VYarbrough@flabar.org
Phone: 850/561-5630
Fax: 850/561-5825
651 East Jefferson Street
Tallahassee, Florida 32399
FYI
Per Medicare transmittal 248 issued in March 2008, effective September 30, 2007, Medicare requires a legible identifier for services provided/ordered. The method used shall be hand written or an electronic signature. Stamp signatures are not acceptable to sign an order or other medical record documentation for medical review purposes.
The Health Law Section thanks Jean Acevedo, via Sandra Greenblatt, for this information.
Call for speakers:
2009 Advanced Health Law Topics and Certification Review CLE
Presenters are requested for the 2009 Advanced Health Law Topics and Certification Review CLE course March 6 - 7 in Orlando on the following remaining areas, plus other topics on the Certification Examination:
Physician-hospital joint ventures
Tax and tax exempt issues in
physician practice acquistion or integration
Medicare
Medicaid
Managed care
Federal and Florida self-referral laws, including Florida fee-splitting
Group practices and self-referrals
Federal and Florida anti-kickback and false claims law
Corporate compliance
Certificate of need, facility and clinic licensure
Bioethics
Physician regulation
Ethics
Presenters should submit qualifications plus a proposed topic and brief outline to Chet Barclay at James.Barclay@Akerman.com immediately. CLE program planners have no connection with examination preparation or grading.
Rehearing denied: First DCA holds in Custom Mobility case that AHCA's cluster sampling formula is not an unpromulgated rule
In a September 4, 2008, opinion, the First District Court of Appeal held that AHCA's cluster samplying formula used to calculate Medicaid overpayments is not an unpromulgated rule. 1 DCA Case Number 07-4608. Rehearing denied November 6, 2008. To see a copy of the September opinion, click here.
Constitutional challenge to Amendment 7
A federal lawsuit was filed July 10 in the US District Court in Tallahassee seeking declaratory and injunctive relief barring enforcement of Amendment 7 as violative of the US Constitution. Click here for a copy of the 40-page complaint.
The FHA and numerous parties are asking the court to rule that Amendment 7 conflicts with federal statutes governing the medical review process, and violates constitutional rights to privacy, due process, and impairs obligations of existing contracts.
The Health Law Section thanks the Florida Hospital Association for this information and the link.
New Health Law CLE Program!!
Fundamentals of Health Law
Leadership of the Health Law Section is planning a new CLE Program: Fundamentals of Health Law. Click here to get more information, join in the planning or to become a presenter.
Interested in planning, editing, organizing
or writing for a
Journal of Health Law?
Your expressions of interest continue to be sought for planning, editing, organizing or publishing in a Journal of Health Law, a publication of scholarly articles for the health law community. The development of an annual Health Law Journal is under consideration consistent with expressions of interest from members of the Health Law Section.
Click here f or the 2008 - 2009 Health Law Section Executive Council officer and member contact information.
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