We salute all of our clients and friends who are healthcare providers on the front lines of COVID-19 pandemic for their commitment and steady hand during these perilous days of uncertainty. All of us are better and safer because of you. Above all, we wish good health and safety for…
In a landmark federal False Claims Act case closely watched for many years by hospice administrators, other healthcare providers and legal experts, last week the Department of Justice (DOJ) entered a joint dismissal in settlement of the case against AseraCare Inc., a national hospice provider company. The settlement marks an…
As a business and healthcare litigation firm focused exclusively on advising and representing health care providers, we work virtually every day with contracts that involve non-compete agreements and other forms of restrictive covenants. Almost all physician employment, for example, will involve a physician employment agreement that contains a restrictive covenant. …
Because our healthcare law firm often handles employment-related disputes and litigation (for employers and employees alike), we follow developing trends in employment litigation. Employment discrimination lawsuits continue to make headlines in the healthcare industry. Between 2018 and 2019, numerous allegations regarding doctors, nurses, and administrative staff have resulted in litigation…
As technology improves the ability for providers to communicate, existing healthcare laws will continue to be put to the test. Now, a new call for care coordination is driving quality improvement initiatives for physicians and hospitals. In 2018, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) launched its initiative “Regulatory…
Providing access to high quality services to patients in rural areas is an ongoing challenge in the U.S. Throughout our country, a large percentage of citizens living in rural areas are less healthy than their peers in urban areas, as rural citizens lack access to healthcare providers in their small…
Earlier this month, Lee Little was honored to facilitate a discussion of recommendations in contract negotiation at the 2019 Annual Meeting of the American College of Rheumatology in Atlanta, the largest rheumatology meeting in the world and the premier educational event for physicians, healthcare professionals, and scientists who treat or…
More than 2,000 opioid lawsuits are pending nationwide. A large portion of these lawsuits target drug manufacturing companies for their contributions to the opioid epidemic that is plaguing the country. Georgia and South Carolina Pain Management Medical Practice Law Firm For example, in one case earlier this summer in Oklahoma,…
On September 18, 2019, Kevin Little, a partner in Little Health Law, spoke to physician members of the national American Osteopathic Association. The title of Mr. Little’s presentation to the physicians was Setting up a Concierge Medical Practice: Pointers and Pitfalls. Our business and healthcare law firm has advised and…
A sign of the times in the evolution of modern healthcare practice is the prevalence of the electronic health record (EHR). In the past fifty years, technological advances and payer incentives have resulted in a sea of change in healthcare documentation, causing healthcare providers to shift from the historic practice…