By Keith C. Dennen This is the second part in a two-part series about the HHS’s proposed anti-discrimination regulationsGender Identity.Another area addressed in the regulations is “gender identity,” which refers to an...
Read MoreBy Keith C. Dennen This is the first part in a two-part series about the HHS’s proposed anti-discrimination regulations.In September, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released proposed anti-discrimination...
Read MoreBy Keith C. Dennen In Kellogg Brown & Root Services, Inc. v. United States ex rel. Carter, 575 U.S. ___) (2015), Justice Alito stated “[t]he False Claims Act’s qui tam provisions present many interpretive challenges.”...
Read MoreBy Keith C. Dennen A woman is seriously injured in a car accident. It is not her fault. She is taken to the emergency room where she is treated. When she is released, the hospital bills total $100,000. The woman has health...
Read MoreBy Keith C. Dennen Under HIPAA, physicians are permitted to disclose “protected health information” to their attorneys for purposes of their own healthcare operations. This allows physicians sued by patients for malpractice to...
Read MoreBy Keith C. Dennen In an opinion released on June 19, 2014, the Office of the Tennessee Attorney General stated that Physical Therapists cannot lawfully perform Intramuscular Manual Therapy or Trigger-Point Dry Needling. Dry...
Read MoreBy Keith C. Dennen Hospitals, ambulatory surgery centers and independent diagnostic centers cannot exist without physicians and other medical providers. In order to practice at those facilities, the medical professional often is...
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