In our Georgia business and healthcare law firm, we have noticed that cases involving Medicare fraud and billing compliance issues are published on virtually a daily basis, underscoring the critical need that physicians, nurses and other care providers and billing professionals exercise caution and vigilance in billing Medicare or other…
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FDA and Homeland Security Partnership: Medical Devices
On October 16, the FDA’s Center for Devices and Radiological Health and Homeland Security’s Office of Cybersecurity and Communications announced a partnership to address cybersecurity issues related to the utilization of medical devices. As healthcare professionals continue to rely on computer-based systems to monitor and treat patients effectively, cybersecurity threatens…
Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs
In July 2017, Georgia passed House Bill 249, transitioning the state’s Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (PDMP) from the Drug and Narcotic Agency to the Department of Public Health. “The goal of the Georgia PDMP is to reduce the misuse of controlled substances and to promote proper use of medications used…
CMS Announces Numerous Rule Changes
In early August, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published an updated set of guidelines stating that hospitals will now be required to annually publish a list of charges online. CMS announced that the change in guidelines will “help improve access to hospital price information” and “give patients…
JUSTICE ANNOUNCES OPERATION SYNTHETIC OPIOID SURGE
Today, the United States Department of Justice announced by press release its formation of Operation Synthetic Opioid Surge (S.O.S.). An objective of SOS is the reduction of dangerous opioids in particular areas of focus, to identify wholesale distribution networks, and to locate suppliers. The Opioid Crisis Opioids are medications that…
Genetic Testing and Employee Protections
Genetic testing companies, such as 23andMe, have become a craze in the United States within the last 10 to 15 years. 23andMe was formed with the purpose of informing its customers of their genetic health risks, carrier status, and ancestry information. After collecting DNA from saliva, the DNA is sent…
June 7, 2018, Little Health Law obtains dismissal of lawsuit for commercial client
As trial counsel in Soo Hyun Engineering USA, LLC v. KG USA, Inc., Case No. 16-CV-0644, Troup County Superior Court, wherein the plaintiff sought in commercial litigation a recovery of approximately $1 million, our firm recently obtained dismissal of the lawsuit following our filing of a motion for summary judgment.…
Medical Marijuana and Disability Discrimination in Georgia
House Bill 1, Haleigh’s Hope Act, went into effect on April 16, 2015. HB 1 makes it lawful to possess up to 20 fluid ounces of low-THC oil, commonly known as “medical marijuana.” On May 8, 2018, Governor Deal signed House Bill 65, which expanded the conditions medical marijuana could…
April 28, 2018, Kevin Little speaks to audiologists and speech pathologists at the American Academy of Private Practice in Speech Pathology and Audiology’s Annual Business Conference in Atlanta, regarding building an ancillary healthcare practice with a vision to sell it
Kevin Little speaks to audiologists and speech pathologists at the American Academy of Private Practice in Speech Pathology and Audiology’s Annual Business Conference in Atlanta, regarding building an ancillary healthcare practice with a vision to sell it.
Sexual Harassment in Georgia: Healthcare & the #MeToo Movement
Healthcare employees filed the fourth largest number of sexual harassment claims with the EEOC from 2005 to 2015, according to Jocelyn Frye, a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress. As a result of the #MeToo movement, many healthcare organizations in Georgia are rethinking their sexual harassment policies, and…