More than 70% of medical practices are committing healthcare fraud, but they are not all criminals. According to healthcare attorney Mathew J. Levy, Esq., Shareholder and Director of Weiss Zarett Brofman Sonnenklar & Levy, PC and co-chair of the Firm’s corporate transaction and healthcare regulatory practice, many providers are simply using out of date codes, […]
Continue reading…National Practitioner Data Bank: Hospital Reporting Obligations, Reporting Immunity, and Physician Strategies
David A. Zarett, Esq. will be a panelist at the upcoming National Practitioner Data Bank webinar on Wednesday, April 21, 2021 at 1 PM EST. If you would like to attend, please email Mr. Zarett at dzarett@app-60705ed4c1ac183264fb7857.closte.com.
Continue reading…MATHEW J. LEVY, ESQ. WILL BE PARTICIPATING IN A DC-NP INTEGRATION WEBINAR.
On Tuesday, April 6, 2021, Mathew J. Levy, Esq. will be participating in a DC-NP integration webinar. The presentation is about Chiropractors and Nurse Practioners structure-integration, set-up, documentation and compliance. The event will take place from 2 PM to 3 PM EST followed by a question and answer period. Click here to register for FREE!
Continue reading…SUPER LAWYER HONORS 2021
We are pleased to announce that David A. Zarett, Esq., Mathew J. Levy, Esq. and Alan H. Sonnenklar, Esq. have been chosen to receive the honor of Super Lawyer for 2021; an honor reserved for those lawyers who exhibit excellence in practice. Only 5% of attorneys in New York Metro receive this distinction.
Continue reading…HHS Exercises Discretion and Declines to Enforce HIPAA Privacy Rules for Use of Web-Based COVID-19 Vaccine Appointment Scheduling Platforms
By Seth A. Nadel, Esq.Email the Author On January 19, 2021, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a notification that the Office of Civil Rights (OCR), the entity responsible for enforcement of HIPAA privacy rules, would exercise its discretion and decline to impose penalties against certain covered entities or their business […]
Continue reading…JESSICA WOODROW, ESQ. WILL BE SPEAKING AT THE NEXT MEETING OF THE HOSPITAL & HEALTH COMMITTEE
The meeting of the Hospital & Health Law Committee took place on Tuesday, March 30, 2021 with Jessica Woodrow, Esq. discussing her publication, The Child-Parent Security Act: Compensated Gestational Surrogacy in New York. To watch her presentation click here. To watch her presentation for CLE credit, click here.
Continue reading…MATHEW J. LEVY, ESQ. WILL BE SPEAKING AT WOODHULL MEDICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH CENTER
On Friday, February 26, 2021, Mathew J. Levy, Esq. will be presenting at Woodhull Medical and Mental Health Center, regarding Grand Rounds, New Legal Developments in Medicine.
Continue reading…DAVID A. ZARETT, ESQ. WILL BE PARTICIPATING IN A SUBSTANCE ABUSE CME WEBINAR SERIES
On Tuesday, March 9, 2021 at 12:30 PM EST, David A. Zarett, Esq. will be a panelist in a FREE Substance Abuse CME Webinar Series, Treating Physicians: A Roadmap Beyond the Pandemic. The COVID-19 pandemic prompted an unprecedented number of changes to the evaluation, treatment and monitoring of physicians with substance use disorders including the unprecedented use of telehealth to […]
Continue reading…Weiss Zarett & the PAP (Physician Advocacy Program)
Weiss Zarett will continue to offer the PAP (Physician Advocacy Program) for 2021 and we’ll be providing the same services with no increase in pricing since 2017. The 3 plans offered by the 2021 PAP (including the prorated cost from March 1, 2021 to December 31, 2021 are as follows. Premium Plan $671 per year […]
Continue reading…OCR’s Audit Report Reveals Concerns that Continue to Guide HIPAA Enforcement
By Mathew J. Levy, Esq. & Zoila Sanchez, MPH, JDEmail Mathew Email Zoila Recently, the Office of Civils Rights (OCR) within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) published its 2016-2017 Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Audits Industry Report. HHS is required to periodically audit a sample of covered entities and […]
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