Past Events

This webinar will include a brief refresher on what ICD-10 is and the impact it will have on health care organizations when implemented this October. We strongly recommend this webinar for those who may not be very far along in their preparations yet.

We will discuss “direct pay” practice arrangements (also referred to as “direct primary care”) – a care delivery model in which patients pay the practice a flat monthly fee in exchange for providing a predetermined set of health care services. We will summarize the approaches taken by those states that currently regulate this delivery model and highlight some of the key regulatory and legal issues associated with direct pay arrangements. We will also discuss how employers can pay for direct pay programs as a part of their benefit plans.

The Affordable Care Act will significantly change the way employers design and administer their group health plans. While several requirements have already become effective, many others become effective in 2014. In this webinar, hear a detailed review of the "shared responsibility" rules for employers. If time permits, we will also review the current status of other requirements that will be imposed on employers' group health plans under the Affordable Care Act.

Dealing with the various Medicare audits can be overwhelming for practitioners and institutions. Having a fine-tuned process for reviewing and responding to such audits will greatly increase your chances of success in appealing an overpayment allegation. We will provide you with practical tips for both large institutions and small clinics to effectively respond to Medicare audits and explore creative legal arguments you can use in your appeal to reduce alleged overpayment amounts.

Members of Fredrikson's Health Law Group will discuss the recently published, sweeping changes to the HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules that will have a major effect on the privacy practices of covered entities and their business associates. We will also provide advice on how to bring your organization into compliance by the compliance date of September 23, 2013.

The "American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012," the "fiscal cliff" bill, has a number of provisions that will affect health care organizations. While some provisions have received significant coverage (the so called "doc fix" to the sustainable growth rate, for example), some important changes were even omitted from CMS's summary of the law. In one of the most significant provisions, the law expands the time limit on recovering overpayments, and presumably the time limit for making refunds, by two years. This webinar will summarize the key changes to health care laws.

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