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On this week’s episode, HortySpringer attorneys Henry Casale and Hala Mouzaffar turn their attention to a small town in Tennessee to look at a provider that helped exacerbate the opioid crisis in his community for fame and fortune.  
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Two recent lawsuits decided by Utah courts draw attention to the importance of strong, broad release language protecting physician leaders who volunteer to participate in credentialing, peer review, and other medical staff activities. In both cases, the physicians challenging peer review activity argued that the release language set forth in the Medical Staff Bylaws should not be applied to block their claims. One aggrieved physician claimed that the release language only applied to formal review and not collegial intervention efforts. The other claimed that the release language should not apply because the leadership allegedly violated the Bylaws while conducting peer review. In the end, good release language saved both hospitals and their leaders from more protracted litigation. When it comes to release language, bigger is better. Learn more about these cases and releases on this short podcast.

On this week’s episode, HortySpringer attorneys Henry Casale and Hala Mouzaffar take their first look at for-profit hospitals to discuss a unique case involving a hospital, its investors, and an attempt to avoid repaying Medicare.  
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CMS recently clarified that physicians can give orders via test in hospitals and critical access hospitals.  But the texts have to be through a secure system, and computerized physician order entry is still preferred. Join HortySpringer attorneys Dan Mulholland and Mary Paterni as they discuss this new CMS guidance and also talk about the dangers of texting in general.

On this episode, HortySpringer attorneys Henry Casale and Hala Mouzaffar take a look at cases happening in their own backyard to show that healthcare fraud can happen anywhere.  
Listen now to this episode of the “Kickback Chronicles” to see what you can learn from the misfortune of others.

The Office of Inspector General recently published its General Compliance Program Guidance. The GCPG is a reference guide for the health care compliance community and other health care stakeholders. It is chock-full of information about relevant Federal laws, compliance program infrastructure, OIG resources, and other information useful to understanding health care compliance.  While the GCPG is voluntary guidance and not binding on any individual or entity, it is an important roadmap to how the Government views the industry and how it intends to enforce the law.
 Join HortySpringer partners Henry Casale and Dan Mulholland for this new podcast as they break down this new guidance and suggest what you need to do in light of it.