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.
What do you do when Medicaid accuses you of fraud, cuts off your Medicaid payments, and freezes reimbursements for services already rendered? Let’s say that you were accused by a Medicaid contractor of fraud but later cleared of all charges. Of course Medicaid would then promptly pay your money, right?
One of the questions seldom discussed by EHR providers is how long the EHR provider will be around. Not only is this an important question from the standpoint of the viability of EHR systems, whether server based or cloud based, but also with regard to provider compliance with federal and state patient record retention requirements.
OCR Phase II audits will assess compliance with privacy, security, and breach notification standards. A Phase II desk audit will begin by receiving a notice from OCR with a document request letter. You have only 10 days from the receipt of this letter to submit the requested documents through a secure online portal.
At the end of April, CMS proposed a permanent adjustment in its inpatient prospective payment system that would effectively eliminate penalties associated with the two-midnight policy. This ‘policy’ required patients to stay two nights to qualify for inpatient status reimbursement. This change would affect all hospitals enrolled in Medicare.
The VA seems unable to understand or meet its obligation to veterans. Over a year after the roll out of program to allow veterans to go to non-VA facilities for services unavailable at VA or where wait times were unacceptable, the program is still mired in problems and does not meet VA requirements.
OCR announced two settlements regarding HIPAA violations resulting from laptop thefts.
North Memorial Healthcare of Minnesota will pay $1.55 million in settlement for HIPAA violations. A laptop was stolen from one of its contractors, and OCR found that North Memorial failed in two important areas:
Jones • Wallace, LLC celebrates as their intern, Star Sheriff, graduates from Harrison High School’s Randall T. Shepard Leadership and Law Academy, and an employee, Jana Egan, graduates from Ivy Tech with a degree in Criminal Justice. Congratulations, ladies!
Jones • Wallace, LLC helps coordinate, volunteers to work, and plays golf in the Potter’s Wheel Annual Golf Outing on May 2, 2016 at Rolling Hills Country Club!
What happens when someone asks your office or hospital for medical records not their own? This can happen either through governmental investigations or when someone presents a power of attorney or Healthcare Directive form.
