Sentences with phrase «health care law section»

Co-Presenter, «False Claims Act / Qui Tam Investigations and Retaliation,» Hillsborough County Bar Association Health Care Law Section (April 2015)

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A section of President Obama's signature health care reform law closes the «performance pay» loophole for health insurance companies.

Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to: our ability to achieve our financial, strategic and operational plans or initiatives; our ability to predict and manage medical costs and price effectively and develop and maintain good relationships with physicians, hospitals and other health care providers; the impact of modifications to our operations and processes; our ability to identify potential strategic acquisitions or transactions and realize the expected benefits of such transactions, including with respect to the Merger; the substantial level of government regulation over our business and the potential effects of new laws or regulations or changes in existing laws or regulations; the outcome of litigation, regulatory audits, investigations, actions and / or guaranty fund assessments; uncertainties surrounding participation in government - sponsored programs such as Medicare; the effectiveness and security of our information technology and other business systems; unfavorable industry, economic or political conditions, including foreign currency movements; acts of war, terrorism, natural disasters or pandemics; our ability to obtain shareholder or regulatory approvals required for the Merger or the requirement to accept conditions that could reduce the anticipated benefits of the Merger as a condition to obtaining regulatory approvals; a longer time than anticipated to consummate the proposed Merger; problems regarding the successful integration of the businesses of Express Scripts and Cigna; unexpected costs regarding the proposed Merger; diversion of management's attention from ongoing business operations and opportunities during the pendency of the Merger; potential litigation associated with the proposed Merger; the ability to retain key personnel; the availability of financing, including relating to the proposed Merger; effects on the businesses as a result of uncertainty surrounding the proposed Merger; as well as more specific risks and uncertainties discussed in our most recent report on Form 10 - K and subsequent reports on Forms 10 - Q and 8 - K available on the Investor Relations section of www.cigna.com as well as on Express Scripts» most recent report on Form 10 - K and subsequent reports on Forms 10 - Q and 8 - K available on the Investor Relations section of www.express-scripts.com.

But state legislators who visited the island last Wednesday said they were researching a solution and hope to pass a law this legislative session that would carve out a section of Connecticut where Fishers Island residents could access health care.

When it comes to health, safety and welfare of employees, school officials have a wealth of responsibilities, with Section 2 of the Health and Safety at Work Act stating that employers have a general duty to provide a safe place of work, a safe system of work, competent fellow employees and the common law duty to ensure they take reasonable care for the safety and health of their emplhealth, safety and welfare of employees, school officials have a wealth of responsibilities, with Section 2 of the Health and Safety at Work Act stating that employers have a general duty to provide a safe place of work, a safe system of work, competent fellow employees and the common law duty to ensure they take reasonable care for the safety and health of their emplHealth and Safety at Work Act stating that employers have a general duty to provide a safe place of work, a safe system of work, competent fellow employees and the common law duty to ensure they take reasonable care for the safety and health of their emplhealth of their employees.

She is a member of the New York State Bar Association, the State Bar of Michigan and its Health Care, Negligence and Litigation Law Sections.

He is also co-chair of the American Bar Association's Section of Dispute Resolution's Health Care Committee and an adjunct professor in conflict management, mediation and legal project management at Vanderbilt University School of Law.

The authorization for electronic disclosure of protected health information described above is not required if the disclosure is made: to another covered entity, as that term is defined by Section 181.001, or to a covered entity, as that term is defined by Section 602.001, Insurance Code, for the purpose of: treatment; payment; health care operations; performing an insurance or health maintenance organization function described by Section 602.053, Insurance Code; or as otherwise authorized or required by state or federal law.

«Health Care Reform, Action at the National Level,» American Bar Association Health Law Section Conference: Emerging Issues in Health Care 2002, Scottsdale, Arizona, February 27 - March 2, 2002

I specialise in Inquest law and work fiercely for families who have lost loved ones in police custody, state detention, whilst sectioned or voluntarily under the care of Mental Health services, or in other circumstances involving the state, to ensure they have the opportunity to have their voice heard.

«2001: A Payment and Reimbursement Odyssey,» American Bar Association Health Law Section Conference: Emerging Issues in Health Care 2001, Orlando, Florida, February 7 - 10, 2001

Under the final rule's section on personal representatives (§ 164.502 (g)-RRB-, a person with authority to make decisions about the health care of an individual, under applicable law, may make decisions about the protected health information of that individual, to the extent that the protected health information is relevant to such person's representation.

Hawaii law (HRS section 323C - 11) requires health care providers and health plans, among others, to permit individuals to inspect and copy protected health information about them.

The commenters identified particular factors that could lead to confusion, including that (1) the phrase «criminal, civil, or administrative proceeding» appeared in the definitions of both law enforcement Start Printed Page 82673and oversight; (2) the examples of oversight agencies listed in the preamble included a number of organizations that also conduct law enforcement activities; (3) the NPRM addressed the issue of disclosures to investigate health care fraud in the law enforcement section (§ 164.510 (f)(5)-RRB-, yet health care fraud investigations are central to the mission of some health care oversight agencies; (4) the NPRM established more stringent rules for disclosure of protected health information pursuant to an administrative subpoena issued for law enforcement than for disclosure pursuant to an oversight agency's administrative subpoena; and (5) the preamble, but not the NPRM regulation text, indicated that agencies conducting both oversight and law enforcement activities would be subject to the oversight requirements when conducting oversight activities.

Section 164.512 (k) of the final rule states that while individuals are in a correctional facility or in the lawful custody of a law enforcement official, covered entities (for example, the prison's clinic) can use or disclose protected health information about these individuals without authorization to the correctional facility or the law enforcement official having custody as necessary for: (1) The provision of health care to such individuals; (2) the health and safety of such individual or other inmates; (3) the health and safety of the officers of employees of or others at the correctional institution; and (4) the health and safety of such individuals and officers or other persons responsible for the transporting of inmates or their transfer from one institution or facility to another; (5) law enforcement on the premises of the correctional institution; and (6) the administration and maintenance of the safety, security, and good order of the correctional institution.

We clarify that if a situation fits one section of the rule (e.g., § 164.512 (j) on serious and imminent threats to health or safety), health plans and covered health care providers may disclose protected health information pursuant to that section, regardless of whether the disclosure also could be made pursuant to another section (e.g., § § 164.512 (f)(2) or 164.512 (f)(3), regarding disclosure of protected health information about suspects or victims to law enforcement officials), except as otherwise stated in the rule.

For example, Hawaii law (HRS section 323C - 12) states, «An individual or the individual's authorized representative may request in writing that a health care provider that generated certain health care information append additional information to the record in order to improve the accuracy or completeness of the information; provided that appending this information does not erase or obliterate any of the original information.»

Section 164.512 (e) addresses when a covered entity is permitted to disclose protected health information in response to requests for protected health information that are made in the course of judicial and administrative proceedings — for example, when a non-party health care provider receives a subpoena (under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure Rule 45 or similar provision) for medical records from a party to a law suit.

Section 164.502 (g)(3)(ii) provides that the parent is not the personal representative of the minor under the rule if the minor may obtain health care without the consent of a parent and the minor, a court, or another person authorized by law consents to such service.

We eliminate proposed § 164.510 (f)(5)(i) regarding health care fraud from the law enforcement section, because all disclosures that would have been allowed under that provision are allowed under § 164.512 (d) of the final rule (health oversight).

I have successfully managed an oncology practice, and to stay on top of healthcare laws, as an active member of the American Health Lawyers Association, the Health Care Compliance Association, the American Bar Association's health and business law sections, and the State Bar of Nevada's insurance and health law seHealth Lawyers Association, the Health Care Compliance Association, the American Bar Association's health and business law sections, and the State Bar of Nevada's insurance and health law seHealth Care Compliance Association, the American Bar Association's health and business law sections, and the State Bar of Nevada's insurance and health law sehealth and business law sections, and the State Bar of Nevada's insurance and health law sehealth law section.

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Dr. Barbara Sunderland Manousso, Ph.D., MPH Texas Credentialed Distinguished Mediator Certified Collaborative Law Mediator Professor at the University of St. Thomas — Center for International Studies - Global Conflict Management Chair of the Health Care Section of the International Association for Conflict Resolution Past President of the Association for Conflict Resolution Houston Chapter Parenting Coordinator Member of the University of Texas Consortium on Aging Board Member of the Houston Gerontology Society