Health Law Talk

The Covid pandemic has changed the behavior and social interactions of millions of people. Various mandates, including mask mandates and social distance mandates, along with online classes or business closures have affected millions of people across the world. A couple of the most affected groups of individuals are adolescents and young children. Adolescents and young children are now required to...

Every day, more and more cities are enacting vaccine "mandates" or restrictions on what you can (and can't) do if you are unvaccinated. But how does this affect your rights under HIPAA? Is your vaccination card considered PHI? 

Have you ever been to a hospital that you thought was “in-network”, only to receive a bill sometime later from an “out of network” provider? In this week's episode of Health Law Talk, Conrad Meyer and Rory Bellina discuss “balance billing,” including what it is, how it works (and doesn’t work!), and changes coming on the state and federal level!

In this week's episode of Health Law Talk, Conrad Meyer and Rory Bellina discuss APP's or advanced practice providers. In the 1960s and 70s, a family physician was usually in a solo practice with maybe one or two fellow physicians. Supporting that practice were the nurses, aides, lab technicians, or even a spouse who might help with obtaining lab work, blood draws, or other services. In today's co...

In the US healthcare delivery system, physicians are exposed after residency and fellowship should numerous choices of whether or not to become employed by hospital systems, group practices, or start their own practice. On this episode of health law Talks, healthcare attorneys Conrad Meyer And Rory Bellina sit down with special guest Dr. Sagar Shah, a newly employed orthopedic hand surgeon, to dis...

It may not be obvious, but in the Healthcare field, there are pros! (and cons of course) to non-compete agreements that prevent providers from doing business where employers conduct, or even plan to conduct, business, either during or after that provider’s employment ends. In this episode of Health Law Talk, attorneys Conrad Meyer and Rory Bellina focus on non-compete agreements in employment cont...

Can you mandate the Covid-19 vaccine for patients or employees prior to FDA Approval? Health Law Attorneys Conrad Meyer and Rory Bellina discuss current EEOC guidance and recommendations and what that looks like under Emergency Use Authorization and FDA Approval of the vaccine. They also consider the voluntary approach vs. the mandatory approach and the questions that arise from both.

How can Incident-To billing bring more revenue to your practice? When physicians rely on advanced practice providers (APPs) to maximize services to patients, reimbursement from Medicare dips to 85% percent of the physician's professional fees – which can add up to a big loss of revenue. In order to maximize a practices' revenue, practices can bill these APPs as "incident-to" capturing the full 100...

In this first episode of Health Law Talk, Healthcare attorneys Conrad Meyer and Rory Bellina discuss the services Chehardy Sherman Williams provides to their healthcare clients, as well as an overview of the firm practice areas. Hear about how these two attorneys got their start in the field of healthcare law and how that experience helps their clients better navigate the comprehensive, legal issu...