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2010
Risky Business: Treating Tweeting the Symptoms of Social Media
March 2010|By Robert L. Coffield, Flaherty Sensabaugh & Bonasso PLLC, and Joanne E. Joiner, Kander & Rigby LLC
New Developments in Liability Protections for Providers During a Disaster: National Guidance for Establishing Crisis Standards of Care
February 2010|By Jennifer Ray, JD, MPH, Office of the General Counsel, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Be Careful What You Ask for: NIH’s Request for Comments on Conflicts of Interest in Research
January 2010|By Dawn R. Crumel, Children’s National Medical Center, and Heidi A. Sorensen, Foley & Lardner LLP
2009
Evolving Standards for Personal Health Records
October 2009|By Patricia D. King, Swedish Covenant Hospital
A Practical Guide to Compliance with Contract Safe Harbors for Use of Bond-Financed Property
September 2009|By Elizabeth M. Mills, Proskauer Rose LLP and Robert L. Capizzi, Jones Day
Organized Labor’s Impact on the Healthcare Industry: Unions in the Time of Reform
August 2009|By Ronald R. Kimzey and Christopher A. Johlie, Ford & Harrison LLP
Protecting Peer Review to Protect Patients
July 2009|By Terri D. Keville and Helen E. Ovsepyan Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, Los Angeles, CA
Zagats for Healthcare: Will the Government Start Rating All Providers?
June 2009| By Carol C. Loepere, Scot T. Hasselman, and Paul Pitts, Reed Smith LLP
Current Trends in False Claims Act Enforcement Require More Robust Compliance Programs for Medicaid Providers and Payors
May 2009| By Clifford E. Barnes & Nisha P. Shah, Epstein Becker & Green PC, Washington, DC
Enabling Research Using Human Biological Specimens in the Absence of Informed Consent
March 2009| By Mary Ellen Allen, Laura Kavanaugh, and William Pignato Sr., Genentech Inc.,South San Francisco, CA
A Series of Unfortunate Events: Is This the End of the Physician/Hospital Joint Venture?
February 2009| C. Mitchell Goldman and Matthew C. Jones, Duane Morris LLP, Philadelphia, PA
The Future of Physician In-Office Diagnostic Testing
January 2009 | Julie Kass, OBER|KALER, Baltimore, MD
2008
When Disaster Strikes a Residency Program
December 2008 | Dawn R. Crumel, Senior Associate Counsel
Children’s National Medical Center, Washington, DC
COLLISION COURSE: The Intersection of Employment Cases and Peer Review Information
November 2008 | Maria Greco Danaher, Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart PC, Pittsburgh, PA
The Rise of the Personal Health Record: Panacea or Pitfall for Health Information
October 2008 | Robert L. Coffield, Flaherty Sensabaugh & Bonasso PLLC, Charleston, WV
Gerald “Jud” E. DeLoss, Gray Plant Mooty, Minneapolis, MN
Unclean Hands: As Dangerous in the Boardroom as in the Operating Room?
September 2008 | Gary M. Brown, Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz PC, Nashville, TN
Physician Incentive Compensation and Revenue Sharing: What Will the IRS Do Next?
August 2008 | Travis L.L. Blais, Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky &
Popeo PC, Boston, MA
Sarah L. Whipple, Healthcare Attorney, Boston, MA
The Rise of Deferred Prosecution Agreements: What We Can Learn from the Government’s Increasing Use of DPAs
July 2008 | Tommy P. Beaudreau, Beth C. McClain, and Karen S. Bloom
Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP, Washington, DC
Considering the Antitrust Consequences of Full-Service Hospitals’ Strategies for Dealing (or Not) with Physician-Owned Specialty Hospitals
June 2008 | Christine L. White, Crowell & Moring LLP, New York, NY and
David Marx Jr., McDermott Will & Emery LLP, Chicago, IL
Disclosing Unanticipated Outcomes: A Challenge to Providers and Their Lawyers
May 2008 | Lee Taft, J.D., M. Div.,* Taft Solutions, Dallas, TX
Compliance with Information Security Breach Notification Laws: Prevention & Mitigation Strategies
April 2008 | Robin B. Campbell, Crowell & Moring LLP, Washington, DC
When Does The Medicare Secondary Payer Rule Prevent Medicare Coverage of Clinical Trial “Complications”?
March 2008 | Roger L. Jansson, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP,
Seattle, WA and Thomas E. Jeffry Jr.,
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, Los Angeles, CA
When Worlds Collide: Diagnostic Imaging as a Case Study in Medicare Mixed Messages
February 2008 | Thomas E. Bartrum, Drinker Biddle Gardner & Carton, Washington, DC
and Claire F. Miley, Bass Berry & Sims PLC, Nashville, TN
Edited by Kenneth R. Marcus, Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP, Detroit, MI*
Critical Care: Immigration and the U.S. Healthcare Crisis
January 2008 | Bo Cooper, Paul Hastings Janofsky & Walker LLP, Washington, DC,
Daryl R. Buffenstein, Paul Hastings Janofsky & Walker LLP, Atlanta, GA
Eunice Kim, Immigration Counsel, Worldwide Trade Resources Inc., New York, NY
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