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		<title>business basics for the health care professional</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[How quickly can you set up a corporation for my practice?” the physician asked the attorney over the telephone. 

“Why do you want to incorporate?” the attorney asked in return.]]></description>
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		<title>health reform and the supreme court</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Apr 2012 16:50:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[“If the lawyers are having fun, what does that say about federal health care reform?” joked the physician to his health care lawyer. “Democracy at work and a new car,” retorted the lawyer.]]></description>
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		<title>top ten issues for 2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Mar 2012 18:00:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[While no top ten list from the desk of a health lawyer could be complete given the ever-changing nature of the health care industry, here are a few significant legal issues to think about this year.]]></description>
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		<title>the patient and the driver&#8217;s license</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 07:15:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>markb</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[“We need to make a copy of your driver’s license,” insisted the young front desk assistant at the doctor’s office. “Why?” asked the reluctant gray-haired patient. “Well, this is just something we are required to do for HIPAA,” responded the assistant. “Really? What if I do not let you?” the patient huffed.]]></description>
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		<title>Fall In Review</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Dec 2011 15:51:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[“What has happened in health care since the end of summer?” asked the wayfaring senior partner. “Seriously?” responded the frustrated junior associate. 
<br />
<strong>A. Health reform plods along.</strong>
<br />
Much of what dominates the health care industry these days is]]></description>
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		<title>health reform: aco game on?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 May 2011 17:31:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[“Should we form an ACO?” questioned the primary care physician at a presentation by legal counsel at a business meeting of her medical group. “Do you mean an ACO or Medicare ACO?” replied the group’s general counsel. “What’s the difference?” quizzed the physician. “Well, quite a bit,” replied the lawyer.]]></description>
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		<title>hipaa: enforcement begins</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Mar 2011 00:50:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>markb</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In rather dramatic fashion like the tornado in the Wizard of Oz, enforcement of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (“HIPAA”) privacy law twirled into action. Two publicized cases telegraphed clearly will begin assessing significant monetary penalties.]]></description>
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		<title>health reform: a federal summit on acos</title>
		<link>http://www.healthlawoffice.com/2010/10/health-reform-a-federal-summit-on-acos/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Oct 2010 18:18:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Tuesday, October 5, 2010, the federal government will host a workshop on legal issues related to the development of accountable care organizations (“ACOs”).]]></description>
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		<title>health reform: a second glance</title>
		<link>http://www.healthlawoffice.com/2010/06/health-reform-a-second-glance/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jun 2010 18:55:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[“You must form an ACO or you will miss the health reform boat,” said the health care consultant. “An ACO? Okay, I do not know what that is, but how do we get started?” replied the primary care physician. In the 1970s, we heard the acronym HMOs (health maintenance organizations), in the 1980s it was PPOs (preferred provider organizations), and IPAs and PHOs in the 1990s (independent practice associations and&#8230; ]]></description>
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		<title>health insurance: buyer beware</title>
		<link>http://www.healthlawoffice.com/2010/05/health-insurance-buyer-beware/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 May 2010 18:13:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>markb</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[While the days of junk faxes should be nearing an end, yet another story surfaces that demonstrates the deceptive side of the practice is still alive and, unfortunately, profitable. In May 2010, the Oregon Insurance Division (OID) reported that some Oregonians had been solicited by fax to buy “affordable health care” for $369 for an entire family. Even though that sounded way too good to be true, nearly 400 unsuspecting&#8230; ]]></description>
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