http://www.healthcarelawyerblog.com/ Published by David L. Haron of Frank, Haron, Weiner & Navarro en-us 2008-08-24T09:03:44-05:00 http://www.healthcarelawyerblog.com/2008/08/medical_staff_privilege_applic.html I am back from a pleasant hiatus. My children, both living out of town, blessed us with two new grandchildren this summer--a grand-daughter and a grandson--and the last few months have been occupied with enjoyable travel. The U. S. District... Employment Items David L. Haron 2008-08-24T09:03:44-05:00 http://www.healthcarelawyerblog.com/2008/07/michigan_medicaid_false_claims_1.html As I reported earlier, the Michigan Medicaid False Claims Act was amended effective January 1, 2006 through the efforts of Attorney General Mike Cox and Representative David Law (R., Commerce). I worked actively for passage of the amendment and testified... Michigan Legislature David L. Haron 2008-07-19T08:26:34-05:00 http://www.healthcarelawyerblog.com/2008/07/followup_congress_overwhelming.html The House and Senate this week voted by substantial margins to override President Bush’s veto of a Medicare package (H.R. 6331) that blocks the over 10% reimbursement cut to physicians that went into effect July 1 (See original Alert below.)... Health Care Industry Issues David L. Haron 2008-07-18T15:51:00-05:00 http://www.healthcarelawyerblog.com/2008/07/alert_senate_passes_medicare_b.html The U.S. Senate, this afternoon, passed the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008 (H.R. 6331) upon voting to end the Republican filibuster with 69 affirmative votes for cloture. The Senators had agreed that the bill would be... Health Care Industry Issues David L. Haron 2008-07-09T16:55:09-05:00 http://www.healthcarelawyerblog.com/2008/07/expiration_of_moratorium_that_1.html Monica Navarro pointed out to me that WPS Medicare Part B e-News today reported that independent laboratories may no longer (for dates of service on or after July 1, 2008) bill Medicare for the technical component (TC) of physician pathology... Billing Issues David L. Haron 2008-07-08T19:52:09-05:00 http://www.healthcarelawyerblog.com/2008/07/frank_haron_weiner_navarro_has_1.html Our firm published a series of articles in the Summer, 2008 edition of Michigan Medical Law Report. Michigan Medical Law Report is published by Dolan Media Company. Frank, Haron, Weiner & Navarro was asked to contribute to this prestigious magazine... News Items David L. Haron 2008-07-07T20:55:20-05:00 http://www.healthcarelawyerblog.com/2008/07/many_prrescriptions_go_unfille.html Fortune Magazine recently included comments from Jeff Kindler, CEO of Pfizer, the major pharmaceutical company, that approximately half of written prescriptions go unfilled. Other reports have indicated that the reason is inability to pay by seniors, difficulty finding or travelling... Health Care Industry Issues David L. Haron 2008-07-05T01:34:41-05:00 http://www.healthcarelawyerblog.com/2008/07/miller_v_allstate_affirmed_by.html In May, I commented upon the oral arguments presented to the Michigan Supreme Court in the appeal from the Michigan Court of Appeals decision in the case of Miller v Allstate. This case raised the issue of whether a physical... Michigan Court Decisions David L. Haron 2008-07-04T09:51:06-05:00 http://www.healthcarelawyerblog.com/2008/06/michigan_mandated_universal_he.html The Detroit Free Press reported last night that a petition drive to give voters a chance to vote on "Universal Health Care" has fallen about 260,000 signatures short of the 390,000 needed to qualify for a ballot position. However, petition... Health Care Reform David L. Haron 2008-06-28T01:32:34-05:00 http://www.healthcarelawyerblog.com/2008/06/namfcu_holds_training_conferen.html NAMFCU is the National Association of Medicaid Fraud Control Units ("MFCUs"). Recently NAMFCU held its annual "Practical Skills" Conference in Denver, Colorado. The Conference, for state Attorneys General and their assistants and staff involved in state Medicaid anti-fraud enforcement and... Qui Tam David L. Haron 2008-06-27T10:15:06-05:00