Table of Contents »The Abbreviated Table of Contents below gives you just a taste of the up-to-date coverage by some of the most experienced and respected practitioners of health law, written to keep you on the leading edge of this rapidly changing practice specialty. Fundamentals of Health Law, 5th Edition, is a basic resource and reference that no health law attorney, professor, or library should be without.
Patient Care: Duty to Treat, Consent, End-of-Life, Disclosure & Protection of Information
Medicare: Overview, Program Administration, Reimbursement, Eligibility, Coverage, Certification, Payment, Assignment & Reassignment, Appeals
Fraud and Abuse: Anti-Kickback Statute, Safe Harbors, Physician Self-Referral Law, False Claims/Fraudulent Billing, Corporate Compliance
Tax-Exempt Issues: Stand-Alone Exemption, "Derivative" or "Integral Part" Theory of Exemption, Practical Applications, Public Charity Status
Antitrust Law: Statutes & Analysis, Exemptions, Immunities/Scope of Coverage, Government & Private Enforcement
Regulation of Private Healthcare Plans: State Regulation of Private Health Plans, The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
Regulation of Hospitals: State & Federal Regulation, Accreditation
Representing Physicians: Life Cycle of Physician-Practice Association, Licensure & Credentialing, Reimbursement, Telemedicine, Physician/Patient Relationships, Accountable Care Organizations
Post Acute Providers and Suppliers: Home Medical Equipment Supplies, Home Healthcare, Hospice Care, Long Term Care, Home and Community Based Services
Healthcare Transactions and Contracting:Transactions Structure, Corporate Structures, Key Issues, Unwinding, Contract Types, Termination, Current Climate
Bioethics: Human Reproduction, Organ Transplantation, The New Genetics
Terminology, Glossary, Table Of Acronyms and Abbreviations
This specialized and complex field of health law requires a thorough grounding in the basics, and Fundamentals of Health Law, 5th Edition, provides that grounding like no other book on the market does.
This new edition has been thoroughly revised and made current to cover the basic issues of health law practice, from patient to facility issues, from permits and regulation issues to compliance and investigation issues, and includes issues raised by new laws, regulations and guidelines promulgated since the fourth edition in 2008, including the Affordable Care Act (ACA).
This publication covers fundamental legal principles and issues to assist:
• New Practitioners or experienced attorneys entering their first years of health-law practice;
• Professors of health law searching for a comprehensive text for their students; and
• Users of any law library looking for answers on the health law resource shelf.
AUTHORS:
Barry D. Alexander, Esq., Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP
Bernadette M. Broccolo, Esq., McDermott Will & Emery, LLP
Anthea R. Daniels, Esq., Calfee Halter & Griswold, LLP
Sandra M. DiVarco, Esq., McDermott Will & Emery, LLP
Cynthia B. Hutto, Esq., Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP
Carol Colborn Loepere, Esq., Reed Smith, LLP
David E. Matyas, Esq., Epstein Becker & Green, PC
Thomas Wm. Mayo, Esq., Associate Professor, Southern Methodist University School of Law and Of Counsel Haynes & Boone, LLP
John J. Miles, Esq., Ober Kaler
Eli A. Polikoff, Esq., Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP
Ross E. Sallade, Esq., Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP
Michael F. Schaff, Esq., Wilentz Goldman & Spitzer, PA
Susan O. Scheutzow, Esq., Kohrman Jackson & Krantz
Daniel J. Schwartz, Esq., Greensfelder Hemker & Gale, PC
Kerrin B. Slattery, Esq., McDermott Will & Emery, LLP
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