Since 1976, our litigators have effectively and efficiently represented clients in federal and state courts in business litigation, municipal law, employment law, personal injury and a variety of complex litigation.
Since 1976, our litigators have effectively and efficiently represented clients in federal and state courts in business litigation, municipal law, employment law, personal injury and a variety of complex litigation.
Since 1976, our litigators have effectively and efficiently represented clients in federal and state courts in business litigation, municipal law, employment law, personal injury and a variety of complex litigation.
As a part of the "American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009" a civil penalty structure was put in place for Health Insurace Portability and Asccountability Act (HIPAA) violations.
Our experience uniquely qualifies us to advise in governmental issues: Annexation, Associations/Non-Profits, Cities, Towns, & Counties, Colleges & Universities, Economic Development, Elections and more.
We provide legal advice for businesses in the following areas: Agribusiness Energy, Diversified Businesses, Emerging Businesses, Federal & State Tax, Finance, and more.
Probate is the court procedure by which a decedent’s property is administered for the purpose of passing ownership of assets remaining in the decedent’s name at his/her death.
Since 1976, our litigators have effectively and efficiently represented clients in federal and state courts in business litigation, municipal law, employment law, personal injury and a variety of complex litigation.
Jones • Wallace, LLC’s virtual meeting and Bloody Mary mixer just to say hi to each other and see everyone after several long weeks. This meeting was made so much more fun when Jones • Wallace sent every employee a care package with the ingredients and instructions to make Bloody Marys! Thank you to Amy Word and Lamasco’s Bar & Grill for putting the care packages together and delivering them to all our team! This was so much fun!
CMS and some insurers are signaling welcome flexibility for practices during this unusual time. Billing for telehealth services, pre-approval waivers and other changes are needed and welcome.
As reported by ProPublica and followed up on by Extra Crunch and other news sources, millions of patient exam images are freely accessible on hundreds of computer servers worldwide that store patient x-trays and MRIs. The sources include small practices, large hospitals and group practices. It would appear every unsecured server image that is easily available online would be a HIPAA violation. There is no indication yet of OIC taking any action although the problem is publicized and well known.
We want everyone to stay safe as we face the COVID-19 situation. We remain open and available for telephone calls regarding all of your legal needs and questions, including issues relating to your business operations during this difficult time.
In 2017, the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) reported the majority of first year medical students were female. Now AAMC reports women are 50.5% of all United States medical students.
Reports continue of medical practices having their data hijacked electronically and having to decide whether to pay extortion money to the hackers to hopefully regain control of their data. The latest public report is of an Ohio urology group who reportedly paid $75,000 to hackers in ransom to regain control of its computer system and its data.
We often write about healthcare fraud and list convictions or settlement agreements that show that healthcare fraud continues to be a serious problem.
Many of these fraud causes are clearly fraud that was intended to steal money by over charging, charging for medical services or goods that were never delivered and so on. These are the obvious and easy cases and no physician, medical practice or hospital expects to be involved in such fraud.
Way back in 2016, then Governor Pence approved changes to Indiana’s Medical Malpractice Caps in two steps. The second cap amounts increase provided in that law will take place on July 1, 2019. The Caps will increase to $1.8 Million. Check with your insurance carrier to make sure all of your med mal coverage, whether yours individually or yours with the hospital or clinic, is changed to match the new law. Since this process can take months, you need to begin the process now.
California’s Insurance Commissioner took UnitedHealthcare (UHC) to Court for wrongfully denying health insurance coverage. This resulted in $91 Million in fines against UHC.
The case involved over 900,000 violations involving patient claims and other issues against a UHC subsidiary. UHC, through its subsidiary, was found to have committed unfair acts against consumers.
A recent CNN long form article called “Destroyed” investigates and describes the trashing of rape kits, many before the statute of limitations for rape has expired and in other cases in states that have no statute of limitations.
This article is a must read for those concerned with women’s healthcare.
Over the last decades the Indiana Attorney General’s Office has had, at best, a spotty record in actually making recoveries for Indiana consumers and residents.
UnitedHealth and other insurers reported their first half revenues and earnings for 2018. UnitedHealth’s revenue jumped to over $110 Billion and Anthem’s revenue also increased. Earnings on these exceedingly large revenue streams were over $8 Billion for UnitedHealth and Aetna’s was over $2.4 Billion. These are the two largest health insurers in the United States.
Some states have no laws regarding balance billing or surprise billing to healthcare users. Some states have laws but they may be of limited effectiveness. As I have reported earlier, patients are outraged by the seemingly arbitrary nature of balance/surprise billing not only for everyday healthcare, but particularly for emergency patients and out of network billings.
